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. Ukraine Trump:

   We're rounding the corner. It's going away.

2. Whoopi Goldberg:

   Whoopi is an ally to the Jewish community, she is. She said something that she shouldn’t have said. OK, fine. But… don’t put her in a corner and marginalize her. Use her to the best of your ability to get the conversation and your points across about what’s wrong about that kind of thinking because she’s not the only one who thinks it.

3. Chris Johnson with WSDOT:

   I think no matter where you go, when you go, people need to be aware of their surroundings, whether a car cuts you off in traffic or a mudslide around the next corner, drivers need to be prepared to drive through the conditions.

4. Mackenzie Burgess:

   Vitamin C aids neutrophils, a type of immune cell, in carrying out various immune functions such as getting rid of harmful bacteria, with flu season just around the corner, consuming more pumpkin may be a great way to support your immune system.

5. John Mitkowski:

   In the corner of my eye, I'll notice a car driving erratically. I'll look up from my laptop and it's like,' What is he doing ?' my car might be trying to make a right, but the guy doesn't see it because he's trying to record me and the no driver in the car.