Thesaurus:askew

Thesaurus

askew

English

Adjective

Sense: turned or twisted to one side

Synonyms

• agley (UK dialect)
• akilter
• antigoglin (US dialect)
• awry
• askew
• cattywampus
• cockeyed (US)
• crooked
• lopsided
• off-kilter (idiomatic)
• tipsy
• skewampus
• skew-whiff (UK, Australia)
• squiffy (UK)
• whomperjawed (US dialect)
• wry

Antonyms

• straight
• true

Hypernyms

• asymmetric
• irregular
• oblique
• turned
• twisted

See also

• Thesaurus:skewly

Further reading

• “243. distortion” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “askew” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.