Synonyms of square

1. square, foursquare, rectangle, regular polygon: usage: (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"
2. square, second power, number: usage: the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"
3. public square, square, tract, piece of land, piece of ground, parcel of land, parcel: usage: an open area at the meeting of two or more streets
4. square, shape, form: usage: something approximating the shape of a square
5. square, lame, simpleton, simple: usage: someone who doesn't understand what is going on
6. square, square toes, conservative, conservativist: usage: a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned views
7. square, artifact, artefact: usage: any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"
8. square, hand tool: usage: a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"

1. square, square up, shape, form: usage: make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"
2. square, multiply: usage: raise to the second power
3. square, adjust, conform, adapt: usage: cause to match, as of ideas or acts
4. square, position: usage: position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"
5. square, match, fit, correspond, check, jibe, gibe, tally, agree: usage: be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"
6. square, settle: usage: pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"
7. feather, square, paddle: usage: turn the paddle; in canoeing
8. feather, square, row: usage: turn the oar, while rowing

1. square (vs. round), quadrate, right-angled, squared, squarish, angular#2, angulate: usage: having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner"
2. straight (vs. crooked), square, aboveboard, straightforward, guileless, transparent, straightarrow(prenominal), honest#1, honorable, lawful: usage: characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"
3. hearty, satisfying, solid, square, substantial, wholesome (vs. unwholesome): usage: providing abundant nourishment; "a hearty meal"; "good solid food"; "ate a substantial breakfast"; "four square meals a day"
4. square(predicate), paid (vs. unpaid): usage: leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"
5. square(prenominal), straightforward, straight, direct (vs. indirect): usage: without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"
6. square, straight, conventional (vs. unconventional): usage: rigidly conventional or old-fashioned

1. squarely, square: usage: in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me"
2. squarely, square: usage: in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square"
3. squarely, square: usage: firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy"