Square
adjectiveAdjective
characterized by honesty and fairness
“a square deal”
Similar:StraightSee also:LawfulHonorableHonestproviding abundant nourishment
“four square meals a day”
without evasion or compromise
“a square contradiction”
having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle
“a square peg in a round hole”
“a square corner”
See also:AngularAngulateleaving no balance
“my account with you is now all square”
rigidly conventional or old-fashioned
Similar:Straight
Noun
the product of two equal terms
“gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance”
Type of:Number(geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon
“you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides”
Similar:FoursquareType of:Rectanglea hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles
“the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square”
any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles
“a checkerboard has 64 squares”
Type of:ArtefactArtifacta formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
Type of:ConservativistConservativesomeone who doesn't understand what is going on
Similar:LameType of:SimpletonSimplean open area at the meeting of two or more streets
Type of:ParcelTractsomething approximating the shape of a square
Type of:ShapeForm
Verb
make square
“square the wood with a file”
Type of:ShapeFormbe compatible with
“one idea squares with another”
Type of:CorrespondJibeTallypay someone and settle a debt
“I squared with him”
Type of:Settleposition so as to be square
“He squared his shoulders”
Type of:Positionturn the paddle; in canoeing
Similar:FeatherType of:Paddleturn the oar, while rowing
Similar:FeatherType of:Rowcause to match, as of ideas or acts
Type of:AdjustConformAdaptraise to the second power
Type of:Multiply
Adverb
firmly and solidly
“hit the ball squarely”
“the bat met the ball squarely”
“planted his great bulk square before his enemy”
Similar:Squarelyin a straight direct way
“looked him squarely in the eye”
“ran square into me”
Similar:Squarelyin a square shape
“a squarely cut piece of paper”
“folded the sheet of paper square”
Similar:Squarely
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Similar Words
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- Satisfying
- Solid
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- Guileless
- Transparent
- Wholesome