cross

Word Type

n.

cross Meaning Definition

A gibbet, consisting of two pieces of timber placed transversely upon one another, in various forms, as a T, or +, with the horizontal piece below the upper end of the upright, or as an X. It was anciently used in the execution of criminals.

Synonyms for cross

Agnus Dei,Calvary cross,Cape Colored,Christogram,Eurasian,Greek cross,Holy Grail,Host,Jerusalem cross,John Hancock,Latin cross,Malacca cane,Maltese cross,Russian cross,Sanctus bell,Sangraal,T,X,abjure,achievement,across,across the grain,adversary,adversative,adverse,adverse circumstances,adversity,affliction,against the grain,against the tide,against the wind,aggravation,alerion,alien,alpenstock,angered,angry,animal charge,ankh,annoyance,annoyed,annulet,antagonistic,antagonize,anti,antipathetic,antithetic,arch,argent,ark,armorial bearings,armory,arms,asperger,asperges,aspergillum,assert the contrary,at cross-purposes,at daggers,at daggers drawn,at issue,at loggerheads,at odds,at variance,at war,at war with,athwart,athwartships,autograph,avellan cross,ax,azure,badge,badge of office,badges,baffle,balk,bambino,bandeau,bar,bar sinister,barrow,bastard,baton,be antipathetic,be at cross-purposes,be contrary to,be inimical,beadroll,beads,bearings,bearish,beat against,belie,bend,bend sinister,bestride,bilk,billet,bitchy,bitter cup,bitter draft,bitter draught,bitter pill,blast,blazon,blazonry,blend,bless,blight,block,boat,bordure,boundary stone,brass,brassard,brave,broad arrow,browned-off,bummer,burden,burden of care,burthen,bust,button,bypass,cadency mark,cairn,call into question,calvary,cancel,candle,cane,cankered,cankerworm of care,canoe,cantankerous,canton,cap and gown,captious,care,cargo,carping,carry sail,cast down,cattalo,caviling,cenotaph,censer,chain,chain of office,challenge,chaplet,charge,checkmate,chevron,chi,chi-rho,chiasmal,chiasmic,chiastic,chief,choleric,christcross,churlish,ciborium,cipher,circumnavigate,circumvent,citrange,clash,clashing,class ring,coast,coat of arms,cockade,cockatrice,collar,collide,column,combination,competitive,con,conflict,conflict 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tie,onus,opponent,oppose,opposed,opposing,opposite,oppositional,oppositive,oppression,oppugn,oppugnant,or,ordeal,ordinary,orle,ornery,osculatory,ostensorium,out of accord,out of whack,over,overstride,overthwart,pack,pack of troubles,pale,paly,papal cross,paschal candle,pass,pass by,pass over,pastoral staff,paterissa,pax,pean,peck of troubles,pectoral cross,peevish,penalty,perplex,perverse,pettish,petulant,pheon,phylacteries,pillar,pin,piqued,pissed,pissed-off,plaque,play at cross-purposes,plight,plumcot,ply,potent cross,prayer shawl,prayer wheel,predicament,pressure,prize,protest,purpure,pyramid,pyx,quadroon,quarter,quartering,quarterstaff,querulous,quick-tempered,quintroon,ratty,rebut,recalcitrant,recant,refractory,refuse to admit,refute,regalia,reject,relics,reliquary,remembrance,renounce,repudiate,repugnant,resist,retract,revoke,ribbon,rigor,riled up,ring,rival,rood,rope,rosary,rose,rostral column,row,rub out,ruin,run,run against,run counter to,sable,sabotage,sacred relics,sacring 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Synonym Search Links for cross

Agnus DeiCalvary crossCape ColoredChristogramEurasianGreek crossHoly GrailHostJerusalem crossJohn HancockLatin crossMalacca caneMaltese crossRussian crossSanctus bellSangraalTXabjureachievementacrossacross the grainadversaryadversativeadverseadverse circumstancesadversityafflictionagainst the grainagainst the tideagainst the windaggravationalerionalienalpenstockangeredangryanimal chargeankhannoyanceannoyedannuletantagonisticantagonizeantiantipatheticantitheticarchargentarkarmorial bearingsarmoryarmsaspergeraspergesaspergillumassert the contraryat cross-purposesat daggersat daggers drawnat issueat loggerheadsat oddsat varianceat warat war withathwartathwartshipsautographavellan crossaxazurebadgebadge of officebadgesbafflebalkbambinobandeaubarbar sinisterbarrowbastardbatonbe antipatheticbe at cross-purposesbe contrary tobe inimicalbeadrollbeadsbearingsbearishbeat againstbeliebendbend sinisterbestridebilkbilletbitchybitter cupbitter draftbitter draughtbitter pillblastblazonblazonryblendblessblightblockboatbordureboundary stonebrassbrassardbravebroad arrowbrowned-offbummerburdenburden of careburthenbustbuttonbypasscadency markcairncall into questioncalvarycancelcandlecanecankeredcankerworm of carecanoecantankerouscantoncap and gowncaptiouscarecargocarpingcarry sailcast downcattalocavilingcenotaphcenserchainchain of officechallengechapletchargecheckmatechevronchichi-rhochiasmalchiasmicchiasticchiefcholericchristcrosschurlishciboriumciphercircumnavigatecircumventcitrangeclashclashingclass ringcoastcoat of armscockadecockatricecollarcollidecolumncombinationcompetitiveconconflictconflict withconflictingconfoundconfrontconfutecontestcontracontradictcontradictorycontraposecontrariwisecontrarycontravenecontrawisecontrovertcoronetcountercounteractcounterattackcountermandcountermarkcounterposecountersigncountersignaturecounterstampcountervailcounterworkcrabbedcrankycrescentcrestcrisscrosscromlechcrookcrosiercross ancrecross botoneecross bourdoneecross fitchecross fleurycross formeecross fourcheecross grignoleecross molinecross of Clevescross of Lorrainecross pateecross recerceleecross-crossletcross-grainedcross-shapedcross-staffcrossbarcrossbonescrossbredcrossbreedcrosscutcrossedcrossingcrossletcrosslikecrosswaycrosswayscrosswisecrotchetycrowncrown of thornscruciatecruciblecruciferouscrucifixcruciformcruetcruisecrustycrutchcrutch-stickcruxcrux ansatacrux capitatacrux decussatacrux gammatacrux immissacrux ordinariacumbrancecupcursecussedcut acrosscyclolithdaggerdashdeadweightdeath chairdeath chamberdecorationdecussatedecussateddefeatdefeat expectationdefydeletedenydestroydevicedifferencedifferencingdifferingdifficultiesdifficultydisaccordantdisadvantagedisaffirmdisagreeabledisagreeingdisallowdisappointdisavowdisclaimdiscomfitdisconcertdiscordantdiscountenancediscrepantdishdisharmoniousdisillusiondisowndisproportionatedisprovedisputedisruptdissatisfydissentientdissidentdissonantdistressdivergentdolmendouble-crossdownerdressdropeagleelectric chaireludeembarrassmentemblemsencumbranceendorsementenemyensignseraseermineermineserminiteserminoisescutcheoneucharistialexexcitableexingeyeball-to-eyeballfalconfascesfaultfindingfeistyfessfess pointfieldfigureheadfileflanchfleur-de-lisflummoxfoilfootstonefordfork crossforswearfractiousfreightfretfrustratefurfuriousfusilgainsaygallgall and wormwoodgallowsgallows-treegammadiongarlandgas chamberget ahead ofgibbetgive benedictiongo acrossgo againstgo bygo by shipgo counter togo on shipboardgo to seagratinggravegravestonegrievancegriffegriffingrouchygrumpyguillotinegulesgyronhalf bloodhalf-bredhalf-breedhalf-castehalterhammer and sicklehamperhandhandicaphandstaffhard knockshard lifehard lothardcasehardshiphatchmentheadstonehelmethemphempen collarheraldic deviceheraldryhigh yellowhinnyhoarstoneholy crossholy waterholy-water sprinklerhonor pointhostilehot seathuffishhuffyhybridhybridizeiconimmiscibleimpalementimpalingimpedimentimpedimentaimpositionimpugnin confrontationin hostile arrayin oppositioninaccordantincensedincensoryincompatibleinconvenienceindignantinescutcheoninflictioninharmoniousinimicalinitialsinscriptioninsigniainterbredinterbreedintercrossinterfere withintersectintersectedintersectinginverted crossinvoke benefits uponirascibleirateirefulirritableirritatedirritationjanglingjarringjoinjoin issue uponjoin the oppositionlabelladinolapel pinlay hands onlet downlethal chamberlie acrosslie athwartligerlionlituusliverylividloadlock hornslong crosslozengelumbermacemadmaidenmake a passagemantlemantlingmarkmark of signaturemarkermarkingsmarshalingmartletmasclematzomausoleummeanmedalmeetmeet head-onmegalithmementomemorialmemorial archmemorial columnmemorial statuememorial stonemenhirmenorahmesteemestizamestizometalmetismetissemezuzahmikvahmilitate againstmiscegenatemixbloodmixed-bloodmongrelmongrelizemonogrammonolithmonstrancemonumentmoodymortarboardmotorboatmottomoundmulattomulemulletmusteenavigatenecrologynegatenegativenombril pointnoncooperativenonplusnoosenot abidenot acceptnot admitnullifyobeliskobituaryobliqueobliquelyobstinateoctofoiloctoroonold school tieonusopponentopposeopposedopposingoppositeoppositionaloppositiveoppressionoppugnoppugnantorordealordinaryorleorneryosculatoryostensoriumout of accordout of whackoveroverstrideoverthwartpackpack of troublespalepalypapal crosspaschal candlepasspass bypass overpastoral staffpaterissapaxpeanpeck of troublespectoral crosspeevishpenaltyperplexperversepettishpetulantpheonphylacteriespillarpinpiquedpissedpissed-offplaqueplay at cross-purposesplightplumcotplypotent crossprayer shawlprayer wheelpredicamentpressureprizeprotestpurpurepyramidpyxquadroonquarterquarteringquarterstaffquerulousquick-temperedquintroonrattyrebutrecalcitrantrecantrefractoryrefuse to admitrefuteregaliarejectrelicsreliquaryremembrancerenouncerepudiaterepugnantresistretractrevokeribbonrigorriled upringrivalroodroperosaryroserostral columnrowrub outruinrunrun againstrun counter tosablesabotagesacred relicssacring bellsailsail roundsail the seasaltiresamboscaffoldschool ringscotchscullscutcheonsea of troublesseafaresealsecantsellsell outshaftshamrockshieldshillelaghshirtyshofarshoot ahead ofshort-temperedshrinesidewayssidewisesigilsigillographysign manualsignaturesignetskull and crossbonessnappishsoresorrowspansphragisticsspikespitefulspleenyspleneticsplitspoilspread eaglestaffstakestavesteamsteamboatstelastep overstickstonestonewallstraddlestressstress of lifestrike outstumpstupasubordinarysubscriptionsukkahsurlyswagger stickswanking stickswastikaswim upstreamtabernacletablettake a voyagetake backtake issue withtallithtangelotantalizetartantauteasetennetestimonialtestytetchythe chairthistlethornthuriblethwartthwartlythwartwaysticked offtietigontincturetombtombstonetopetorsetouchytransversaltransversetransverselytraversetreetrefled crosstressuretrialtribulationtrophytroubletroublesuglyuncongenialuncooperativeunfavorableunfriendlyunharmoniousunicornuniformunpropitiousup in armsupseturceolevairvale of tearsvariantvergeveronicavertvexedvicissitudevigil lightvisavisevisitationvoided crossvote againstvotive candlevoyagewalking stickwandwaspishwaters of bitternessweightwhite elephantwipe outwith crossed bayonetswithstandwoework againstworked upwrathfulwrathywreathwrothwrought-upx-shapedyachtyalezebrasszebrule