Synonyms for lateral
ˈlæt ər əllat·er·al

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1. lateraladjective

   Antonyms:
   medial

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1. lateral

   Synonyms:
   indirect, oblique, secondary, resultant, collateral, deviative, additive, parallel, adjunctive, incidental

   Antonyms:
   lineal, direct, primary, immediate

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1. lateral pass, lateraladjective

   a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

   Synonyms:
   lateral pass

   Antonyms:
   top(a), mesial, bottom(a)

2. lateral, sidelongadjective

   situated at or extending to the side

   "the lateral branches of a tree"; "shot out sidelong boughs"- Tennyson

   Synonyms:
   askant, sidelong, squinty, squint, squint-eyed, askance, asquint

   Antonyms:
   top(a), mesial, bottom(a)

3. lateraladjective

   lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body

   "lateral lemniscus"

   Synonyms:
   sidelong

   Antonyms:
   top(a), bottom(a), mesial

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1. List of paraphrases for "lateral":

   side, outboard, crosswind, side-facing, side-marker, transverse, direction-indicator, horizontal, rate-lateral, amyotrophic, laterally, cross-sectional, cross-cutting

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How to use lateral in a sentence?

1. Warren West:

   Interest rates are not going to matter if they're rising because of the strong economy and earnings growth, and we're not seeing evidence of either, so, we're stuck in the lateral type of pattern until we get some clarity on the broader economy.

2. Harold Tobin:

   Blanco Fracture zone quakes are strike-slip( lateral motions of the crustal blocks on either side, rather than up-down displacement), so it is very unlikely for them to pose a tsunami threat, even if a bigger quake happened, like a magnitude 7.0 for example.

3. HWR:

   An "OGEE" could be used in a variety of settings. "OMG, the ogee is fabulous for our new molding." Or, "Honey, which do you prefer: the lateral ogee or the supported ogee?

4. New Zealand-based volcanologist Shane Cronin:

   The large and explosive lateral spread of the eruption suggests that it was probably the biggest one since about the 1991 eruption of Mount Pinatubo in the Philippines.

5. Angelo Meda:

   I would expect a lateral, flat market from now through the summer with some rotation, cyclicals have been the best year to date so I would expect some recovery from the staples.