Size, Position, Relation, Proportion Flashcards
very large
giant, gigantic, mountainous, colossal, mammoth, behemoth, brobdingnagian, gargantuan, stupendous, amplitudinous, monstrous, gross, extensive, far-ranging, far-reaching, enormous, titanic, humongous, immense, megatherian
large, big
huge, vast, great, massive, extensive, bulky, sizable, considerable, ample, substantial, hefty, jumbo
large in capacity
capacious, voluminous, roomy, spacious, comprehensive,
small, little
inconsiderables
very small
petite, diminutive, wee, puny, teeny, teeny-weeny, minuscule, infinitesimal, minute
wide
broad, thick, latitudinous, spread, outspread,
very wide
expansive, panoramic
narrow
thin, slender, slim, constricted, spindly
high, tall
elevated, lofty, altitudinous
very high
towering, soaring
long
lengthy, extensive, elongated
very long
endless
short
undersized, squat
very deep
profound, abyssal, bottomless, depthless, unplumbed, yawning
related
connected, interconnected, associated, affiliated, interrelated, correlated, correlative, correlational, interlinked
in direct relation to
ordered, systematic, grouped, arranged, arrayed, aligned, organized
not in order, out of order
disarranged, unordered, disarrayed, unaligned, jumbled
in a line or something like a line
lined up, aligned, ranged, arrayed
in proportion
proportionate, proportional
not in proportion
disproportionate, disproportional, in misproportional, ill-proportioned
in balance
balanced, equipoised, equiponderant, counterbalanced, counterweighted, counterpoised
not in balance
unbalanced, disequilibriate
features
proportional
larger on or leaning to one side
lop-sided
heavier or larger on top
top-heavy
having a perfectly divisible order left and right (bilateral) or top and bottom
symmetrical
not symmetrical
asymmetrical
having radial symmetry
actinoid, actinomorphic, actinomorphous
north
northern, notherly, boreal, hyperborean
south
southern, southerly, austral, meridional
east
eastern, easterly, oriental
west
western, westerly, occidental
opposite
contraposed, antipodal, counterposed, contrary,
pertaining to opposite sides
heterolateral
at the top
apical, topmost
at the bottom
basal, bottommost
on or to the right
dextral
on or to the left
sinistral
to or at the side
lateral, flanking
on the same side
ipsilateral, ipselateral, homolateral
on the opposite side
contralateral
upright or up-down in direction
vertical, perpendicular, plumb, erect, true
side to side direction
horizontal, level, plane
extending crosswise linearly
cross, transverse, athwart, diagonal
at an angle or in a sloping direction or position (from the perpendicular)
angled, aslant, slanting, oblique, raked, canted, inclined, tilted
from corner to opposite corner
diagonal
on the outside
external, exterior, without, outer, outermost
on the inside
internal, interior, within, inner, innermost
center
core, nucleus, middle, centrum, heart, nexus
edge
periphery, border, margin, marge, fringe, boundary, frontier
extending out from a center
radial, radiating
middle (linearly)
central, midway, medium, mean, mesial, midmost, middlemost
going in two different directions
separating, diverging, divergent, bifurcating, bifurcate, bifurcal, dichotomous, diffluent,
running in directional alignment without touching
parallel, nonconvergent, nondivergent, paradromic, collateral, collimated
not with or near
apart, seperate, individual, discrete, disjunct, detached, independent, asunder
brought apart
detached, disconnected, unfastened, sundered, disjoined
in pieces or parts
divided, partitioned, compartmentalized, segmented
in two parts
bipartite, dual, double, twofold
in three parts
tripartite, triple, threefold, triform
in four parts
quadripartile, quadriform, fourfold
divided into three usually equal parts
trisected
divided into four usually equal parts
quadrisected
scattered
dispersed, distributed, disseminated, strewn, diffused
continuous
continual, uninterrupted, unbroked
not continuous
discontinuous, interrupted, broken, disjunct
at a point father than
beyond
having the same position or place
coinciding, coincident
coinciding when superimposed
congruent
lying along the same straight line
collinear
even or continuous with a given surface
flush
having coinciding axes (or being concentric)
coaxial
of the same size
equivalent, equisized
near
nearby, close, close by, proximal, proximate, nigh, immediate, in the area of, propinquous, propinquant, neighboring, vicinal
next to
adjacent, contiguous, apposite, paradromic (parallel), bordering, side by side, juxtaposed, cheek by jowl, conterminous, coterminous, abreast, beside, by, alongside
up against or connected to
abutting, adjoining, against
distant
far, far away, far off, at a distance, long-range, a good way
equally near to or far from
equidistant
at the edge
peripheral, border, marginal
at or near the beginning
initial
at or near the end
terminal, final
near the point of attachment
proximal
at the far end from the point of attachment
distal
over
above, atop, upward, higher, superior
lying above
superjacent, superincumbent
placed above
superposed
under
below, beneath, downward, lower, inferior
lying below
subjacent, underlying, surmounted
on the surface of
atop, superincumbent
overhanging
overhung, projecting, beetling, jutting, lowering, pensile
underhanging
underhung
hanging from
dependent, pendent, suspended, pendulant, dangling, suspensory
supporting
bracing, buttressing, underpinning, carrying, bearing
ascending
rising, climbing, acclivous, acclivitous
descending
dipping, dropping, falling, declivous, declivitous
sticking out
projecting, protuding, protudent, protrudent, protuberant, jutting, outjutting, outstanding, extrusive, protrusive
set back
recessed, indented
surrounding
encompassing, enclosing, encircling, circumscribing, enveloping, enwreathed, enfolded, engirded
enclosing
containing, confining, closeting, cloistering, immuring, entombing, harboring
enclosed
contained, confined, closeted, cloistered, immured, entombed
between
betwixt
between two lines
interlinear, interlineal
among
amid, amidst, in the midst of, mid, midst
in the middle or center
central, middlemost, centralized
near the center
paracentral
in between
interjacent, intervenient
placed in between
inserted, interposed, interpolated, interjected, intercalated
situated at intervals
spaced out, interspaced, interspersed, intervaled, intervallic
in a space or opening
interstitial, interspatial
facing directly or frontally
head-on
with the side facing
broadside
regarded from the end or longest dimension or with the longitudinal and forward
lengthwise
regarded from one side or with one side forward
sideways
in front of
anterior, to the fore
at or to the front
frontal, anterior, ventral, obverse, in the foreground, fore, vanward
behind
posterior, to the rear, in the background
at or to the back
rear, posterior, reverse, dorsal
at or to the side
lateral, on the the flank, sideward
facing
face-to-face, vis-a-vis
facing or moving ahead or to the front
forward
facing or moving back or to the rear
backward
upside down
topsy-turvy, bottom up, turn over inverted, upturned
inside out
outside in, everted
backwards
reversed, inverted
back to front
revered, retroverted
turned so as to show a different surface
obverted
in contact
touching, tangent, tangential, tangental, abutting, contactual
joined
affixed, in conjunction, conjoined, bound, tied, adjoined, adjoining, connected, combined, combinative, fastened, yoked, bridged, linked, united, interlocked, dovetailed
brought together
gathered, amassed, heaped, collected, accumulated, bunched, piled, stacked, conglomerate, agglomerate, glomerate, assembled, combined, cumulate, massed, conjoined, of a piece, clustered, grouped, united, conjunct, serried, intergrated
lying directly in the path of or in front of
athwart
crossing one another
intersecting
second from the last
antepenultimate
next to last
penultimate
as seen from high above
bird’s eye (view)
as seen (graphically) were the exterior or wall removed
cutaway
as seen (graphically) were the parts shown individuated or apart
exploded
