Synonyms for unilateral
ˌyu nəˈlæt ər əluni·lat·er·al

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1. unilateral, one-sidedadjective

   involving only one part or side

   "unilateral paralysis"; "a unilateral decision"

   Synonyms:
   coloured, nonreversible, one-sided, biased, slanted

   Antonyms:
   three-party, seven-sided, multipartite, many-lobed, two-way, three-lobed, two-sided, bilateral, joint, four-lobed, palmately-lobed, six-sided, four-party, many-sided, indirect, three-sided, tetramerous, collateral, triangular, multilateral, twelve-sided, quadrilateral, trilateral, four-sided, five-sided, two-lobed, ten-sided, eight-sided, three-way, nine-sided, five-lobed, bipartite, eleven-sided, deep-lobed, three-cornered, tripartite, quadripartite, two-part

2. unilateraladjective

   tracing descent from either the paternal or the maternal line only

   Synonyms:
   one-sided

   Antonyms:
   five-sided, trilateral, two-part, bilateral, three-lobed, four-party, quadripartite, five-lobed, ten-sided, three-sided, two-way, three-cornered, three-party, bipartite, eleven-sided, indirect, three-way, many-sided, six-sided, nine-sided, four-lobed, eight-sided, tripartite, collateral, deep-lobed, many-lobed, multilateral, tetramerous, two-sided, four-sided, quadrilateral, multipartite, palmately-lobed, seven-sided, two-lobed, joint, twelve-sided, triangular

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. exclusive

   Submitted by davidb on March 4, 2021  

2. monocausal

   one-way.

   unilateral treaty between the united states and the united kingdom.

   Submitted by anonymous on November 17, 2020  

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1. List of paraphrases for "unilateral":

   one-sided, unilaterally, unilateralist, unilateralism, go-it-alone, solitary, one-sidedly, incommunicado, one-way

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1. Larry Wilder:

   The events of October 23rd were the result of the unforeseeable criminal actions of a rogue corrections officer. The individual in question chose to abandon his training, ethics and morals and made the unilateral decision to mortgage his career and future by allowing inmates access to the jail keys.

2. Idriss Jazairy:

   The stockpiling of sanctions and unilateral coercive measures against Iran, some of which went well beyond what was required by the (U.N.) Security Council, has had a significant adverse effect on the country's economy, its population and ultimately on the enjoyment of human rights of the people of Iran, including its right to food, its right to health and its right to development.

3. Tony Abbott:

   We both support freedom of navigation by air and by sea in the South China Sea. We both deplore any unilateral change to the status quo. We both think that disputes should be resolved peacefully and in accordance with international law.

4. Ivo Daalder:

   The reality of the matter, what Vladimir Putin wants, is something we can not give Vladimir Putin through diplomacy. Vladimir Putin wants to control Ukraine, Vladimir Putin wants to, in many ways, reset the European security order that was agreed to after the Cold War, it seems to me Vladimir Putin wants to threaten us into unilateral surrender and Joe Biden went out today and said it's not going to happen.

5. Mauricio Macri:

   This was a unilateral decision by the secretary, and that is wrong.