Synonyms for arch
ɑrtʃarch

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1. archnoun

   a curved shape in the vertical plane that spans an opening

   Synonyms:
   archway

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, sober, unskilled, serious, inferior

2. archnoun

   a curved bony structure supporting or enclosing organs (especially the inner sides of the feet)

   Synonyms:
   archway

   Antonyms:
   serious, sober, unplayful, unskilled, inferior

3. arch, archwaynoun

   a passageway under a curved masonry construction

   "they built a triumphal arch to memorialize their victory"

   Synonyms:
   archway

   Antonyms:
   inferior, unplayful, sober, serious, unskilled

4. archadjective

   (architecture) a masonry construction (usually curved) for spanning an opening and supporting the weight above it

   Synonyms:
   archway

   Antonyms:
   inferior, sober, unplayful, unskilled, serious

5. arch, condescending, patronizing, patronisingadjective

   (used of behavior or attitude) characteristic of those who treat others with condescension

   Synonyms:
   patronizing, condescending, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, impish, wicked, implike, puckish, arch(a), patronising

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, sober, serious, inferior, unskilled

6. arch(a)adjective

   expert in skulduggery

   "an arch criminal"

   Antonyms:
   sober, serious, inferior, unskilled, unplayful

7. arch, impish, implike, mischievous, pixilated, prankish, puckish, wickedverb

   naughtily or annoyingly playful

   "teasing and worrying with impish laughter"; "a wicked prank"

   Synonyms:
   condescending, arch(a), revolting, pissed, blind drunk, implike, repellent, besotted, patronising, distasteful, slopped, puckish, blotto, severe, sinful, pixilated, disgustful, cockeyed, loathly, crocked, disgusting, patronizing, repelling, fuddled, tight, soused, loathsome, foul, prankish, yucky, wicked, sozzled, squiffy, unholy, plastered, terrible, impish, stiff, skanky, pie-eyed, mischievous, sloshed, smashed, soaked, loaded, wet, repellant

   Antonyms:
   unskilled, sober, inferior, serious, unplayful

8. arch, curve, arcverb

   form an arch or curve

   "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely"

   Synonyms:
   trend, twist, sheer, kink, slue, arc, wind, veer, cut, slew, curl, crook, swerve, curve

   Antonyms:
   unplayful, sober, unskilled, inferior, serious

Matched Categories

1. • Bend
   • Curved Shape
   • Skeletal Structure

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. archnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Geom.) arc, part of a circumference

2. archnoun

   Synonyms:
   curved structure

3. archverb

   Synonyms:
   vault, cover with an arch, arch over

4. archverb

   Synonyms:
   bend into the form of an arch

5. archadjective

   Synonyms:
   chief, principal, consummate, first-rate, of the first class

6. archadjective

   Synonyms:
   sly, shrewd, cunning, wily, astute, subtle

7. archadjective

   Synonyms:
   roguish, waggish, mirthful, frolicsome, sportive, merry, playful

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. archadjective

   Synonyms:
   greatest, chief, cunning, roguish, mischievous, sportive

2. archnoun

   Synonyms:
   concameration, fornication

3. archverb

   Synonyms:
   vault, concamerate

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "arch":

   ark, arcade, arco, arc, step, vaulting, cra, vault, archie

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ARCH

   Synonyms:
   Amiodarone Reduces CABG Hospitalisation, Amiodarone Reduction in Coronary Heart trial

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How to use arch in a sentence?

1. Steve Wiltfong:

   Yeah, Arch Manning, nothing but impressed with Alabama per his head football coach Nelson Stewart over at Isidore Newman.

2. Itamar Ben-Gvir:

   The government is acting like an elephant in a china shop, after they've spared arch-terrorists this method, they want to try it out against Jewish youths.

3. Bernar Venet:

   Today we are installing, what everybody agrees to say, the biggest sculpture in the world, but I hope the artistic meaning of this arch will be more important than its size.

4. Arch Manning:

   I’m wide, wide open, arch is open-minded right now.

5. Amer Tiwana:

   A successful debt swap for Arch could add to the liquidity runway, deleverage the balance sheet and motivate management to keep the company alive, but barring some sort of miracle in the coal market, liquidity is still stretched.