Synonyms: square
Definition: a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
Usage: the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square
Similar words: hand tool
Definition: a tool used with workers' hands
Synonyms: square
Definition: any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
Usage: a checkerboard has 64 squares
Synonyms: public square, square
Definition: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Similar words: piece of ground, piece of land, tract, parcel, parcel of land
Definition: an extended area of land
Synonyms: square, square toes
Definition: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Similar words: conservative, conservativist
Definition: a person who is reluctant to accept changes and new ideas
Definition: someone who doesn't understand what is going on
Synonyms: second power, square
Definition: the product of two equal terms
Usage: nine is the second power of three; gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance
Similar words: number
Definition: a concept of quantity involving zero and units
Usage: every number has a unique position in the sequence
Synonyms: square, foursquare
Definition: (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
Usage: you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides
Similar words: regular polygon
Definition: a polygon with all sides and all angles equal
Similar words: rectangle
Definition: a parallelogram with four right angles
Synonyms: square
Definition: something approximating the shape of a square
Definition: the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance
Usage: geometry is the mathematical science of shape
Definition: make square
Usage: Square the circle; square the wood with a file
Definition: give shape or form to
Usage: shape the dough; form the young child's character
Synonyms: square
Definition: raise to the second power
Definition: turn the oar, while rowing
Definition: turn the paddle; in canoeing
Synonyms: square
Definition: position so as to be square
Usage: He squared his shoulders
Similar words: position
Definition: cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation
Synonyms: square
Definition: pay someone and settle a debt
Usage: I squared with him
Similar words: settle
Definition: dispose of; make a financial settlement
Synonyms: square
Definition: be compatible with
Usage: one idea squares with another
Similar words: correspond, tally, jibe, match, fit, gibe, agree, check
Definition: be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics
Usage: The two stories don't agree in many details; The handwriting checks with the signature on the check; The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun
Synonyms: square
Definition: cause to match, as of ideas or acts
Similar words: conform, adapt, adjust
Definition: adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions
Usage: We must adjust to the bad economic situation
Definition: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Similar words: conventional
Definition: unimaginative and conformist
Usage: conventional bourgeois lives; conventional attitudes
Synonyms: square, straight, straightforward
Definition: without evasion or compromise
Usage: a square contradiction; he is not being as straightforward as it appears
Similar words: direct
Definition: straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action
Usage: a direct question; a direct response; a direct approach
Synonyms: square
Definition: leaving no balance
Usage: my account with you is now all square
Similar words: paid
Definition: marked by the reception of pay
Usage: paid work; a paid official; a paid announcement; a paid check
Synonyms: square
Definition: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
Usage: a square peg in a round hole; a square corner
Similar words: quadrate
Definition: having four sides and four angles
Similar words: right-angled
Definition: forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles
Usage: a right-angled bend
Similar words: squared
Definition: having been made square
Similar words: squarish
Definition: somewhat square in appearance or form
Definition: characterized by honesty and fairness
Usage: straight dealing; a square deal
Similar words: straightforward, aboveboard
Definition: without concealment or deception; honest
Usage: their business was open and aboveboard; straightforward in all his business affairs
Similar words: transparent, guileless
Definition: free of deceit
Similar words: straightarrow
Definition: conventionally moral and upright
Synonyms: satisfying, solid, square, hearty, substantial
Definition: providing abundant nourishment
Usage: a hearty meal; good solid food; ate a substantial breakfast; four square meals a day
Similar words: wholesome
Definition: conducive to or characteristic of physical or moral well-being
Usage: wholesome attitude; wholesome appearance; wholesome food