Super Glossary

Line Adjective Synonyms
strip, belt, stripe, band, border, edge, edging
Do you see that line of trees? Put a heavy black line round the obituary notices.

mark, pencil-mark, pen-mark, rule, score, stroke, underline, underscore, diagonal, slash, virgule, shilling-mark, solidus, separatrix, oblique
The lines on this paper are very faint. Draw a red line under your name. A line separates the numerator from the denominator.

Line Noun Synonyms
track, railway or and also railroad
The accident on the southern line is delaying all the trains.

telephone, wire, cable
We have three lines at the office. He tried all day to get you on the line.

front (line), vanguard, formation
These men have been in the line for weeks. Captain Hughes was given command of a ship of the line.

information, data, word, lead, clue, hint
Interpol is trying to get a line on where he might be found.

rule, inscribe, score, underline, underscore
If you use lined paper, your writing wouldn't be so wavy.

wrinkle, crease, crinkle, furrow, crow's-foot
He has many lines on his face. The palmist said I have a long lifeline.

border, borderline, frontier, limit, boundary, demarcation, threshold
We crossed the line into Italy. I don't mind cooking dinner, but I draw the line at washing the dishes. There is a fine line between genius and insanity.

field, area, activity, forte, speciality or and also specialty, specialization, business, profession, occupation, (line of) work, job, vocation, pursuit, trade, calling, employment, racket, game
Saying that he was a computer programmer, he asked me my line.

assortment, stock, merchandise, offerings, goods, brand, make, type, kind, variety
What line of lawnmower do you distribute.

story, (sales) pitch, blarney, spiel, song and dance, con
He handed her a line about being lonely, but she soon found out why.

edge, border, fringe
Millions lined the streets for the parade.

ancestry, descent, stock, lineage, succession, family, parentage, extraction, heritage, genealogy
She comes from a long line of horsewomen.

course, direction, path, way, route, road, track, procedure, tack, policy, strategy, tactic(s), approach, plan
What line will our competitors take to win the account? I adopted the line of least resistance.

cord, string, thread, twine, yarn, strand, filament, rope, cable, hawser
The anchor line became entangled. Hang the clothes out on the line.

row, rank, column, file, train, parade, cortege or cortŠge, procession, queue, crocodile, tailback
I stood in line for six hours for tickets. The line wound all the way round the block.

outline, silhouette, contour, figure, profile
The line of the skirt is too straight.

note, word, card, postcard, letter, postal card
Drop me a line when you get there.

Line Verb Synonyms
interline, cover, face, ceil
The coat is lined with fur.

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