Synonyms for corner
ˈkɔr nərcor·ner

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1. corner

   Synonyms:
   cavity, hole, nook, recess, retreat

   Antonyms:
   coin, abutment, prominence, salience, angle, protrusion, elbow, protection, convexity

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1. cornernoun

   a place off to the side of an area

   "he tripled to the rightfield corner"; "the southeastern corner of the Mediterranean"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

2. cornernoun

   the point where two lines meet or intersect

   "the corners of a rectangle"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

3. corner, nooknoun

   an interior angle formed by two meeting walls

   "a piano was in one corner of the room"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

4. corner, street corner, turning pointnoun

   the intersection of two streets

   "standing on the corner watching all the girls go by"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, landmark, nook, watershed, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

5. cornernoun

   the point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect

   "the corners of a cube"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

6. recess, recession, niche, cornernoun

   a small concavity

   Synonyms:
   nook, recessional, quoin, deferral, respite, receding, recess, ceding back, break, time out, recession, ecological niche, inlet, street corner, niche, box, turning point

7. cornernoun

   a temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade

   "a corner on the silver market"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

8. corner, boxnoun

   a predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible

   "his lying got him into a tight corner"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, box seat, street corner, nook, loge, recession, niche, quoin, boxful, turning point, boxwood

9. cornernoun

   a projecting part where two sides or edges meet

   "he knocked off the corners"

   Synonyms:
   recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

10. cornernoun

    a remote area

    "in many corners of the world they still practice slavery"

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, turning point

11. corner, quoinverb

    (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone

    Synonyms:
    recess, box, street corner, nook, recession, niche, quoin, coigne, turning point, coign

12. cornerverb

    gain control over

    "corner the gold market"

    Synonyms:
    tree

13. corner, treeverb

    force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape

    Synonyms:
    shoetree, tree

14. cornerverb

    turn a corner

    "the car corners"

    Synonyms:
    tree

Matched Categories

1. • Area
   • Control
   • Monopoly
   • Part
   • Point
   • Turn

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1. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   angle, bend, elbow, crotch, knee, cusp

2. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   nook, recess, niche, retired place, secret place

3. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   part, quarter

4. cornerverb

   Synonyms:
   [Colloquial U. S.] drive into a corner

5. cornerverb

   Synonyms:
   nonplus, pose, confound, confuse, puzzle, perplex, put to a stand

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1. cornernoun

   Synonyms:
   angle, cusp, cantle, bight, coin, quoin, coigne, nook, recess, niche, direction, quarter

2. cornerverb

   Synonyms:
   nonplus, pose, perplex, confuse

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1. List of paraphrases for "corner":

   angle, rincón, wedge, neighborhood, vertex, nook, kok, cornering, coin, spot, intersection

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1. Police Christopher Botsch on Saturday:

   The empty corner tear did NOT contain any illegal substance; however, this type of packaging is a common method for holding illegal drugs.

2. Kevin Harvick:

   You know where you can push and how you can push and how far you can push, and you can't push them all the way into the corner and against the fence, it was a hell of a race. Just really dumb driving there at the end. You've got to be aggressive, but you've still got to use your head. You can't just detach it and lay it on the floorboard.

3. Joshua Ayers:

   All of a sudden, the door on the north side of the room slams open. A guy rushes in, pulls up a gun with his right hand... and began firing at the far north corner table, he didn't speak a word -- just ran in and started shooting.

4. Patrick Lynch:

   New York City police officers arent just on the front line. We cover every part of the front line: from hospitals and housing complexes to the corner store, we have more daily contact with New Yorkers than any other city agency. We are continuing to press for vaccines to be made available to police officers as soon as possible.

5. Jen Ramsey:

   Keep going – a miracle is around the corner.