obliquity

The word “obliquity” has 4 syllables: o-bliq-ui-ty

It's pronounced as /əˈblɪkwəti/


What is synonym and antonym for obliquity?

In the thesaurus, “obliquity” has 138 synonyms and 45 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for obliquity along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for obliquity

  • V
  • Y
  • abruptness
  • abstruseness
  • abstrusity
  • absurdity
  • acclivity
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguousness
  • ascent
  • bank
  • bend
  • bevel
  • bias
  • cant
  • circuitousness
  • circuity
  • climb
  • cloudiness
  • complexity
  • complication
  • corner
  • craziness
  • crook
  • crotch
  • cusp
  • daftness
  • darkness
  • declination
  • decline
  • declivity
  • deepness
  • deflection
  • depth
  • descent
  • deviation
  • diagonal
  • difficulty
  • dimness
  • divergence
  • dogleg
  • dottiness
  • downgrade
  • dumb thing to do
  • dumb trick
  • edge
  • elbow
  • elevation
  • embankment
  • equivocalness
  • equivocation
  • faintness
  • fatuity
  • flare
  • flection
  • flexure
  • fogginess
  • foolishness
  • fork
  • fuzziness
  • gradient
  • haziness
  • height
  • hill
  • idiocy
  • imbecility
  • impenetrability
  • impracticality
  • imprudence
  • inadvisability
  • inanity
  • inclination
  • incline
  • inclined plane
  • incomprehensibility
  • incomprehensibleness
  • indefiniteness
  • indirectness
  • indiscretion
  • indistinctness
  • inscrutability
  • inscrutableness
  • intersection
  • irrationality
  • knee
  • lean
  • leaning
  • level
  • lunacy
  • madness
  • mistiness
  • murkiness
  • mysteriousness
  • mystery
  • nebulosity
  • nebulousness
  • nook
  • notch
  • obliqueness
  • obscurity
  • obtuseness
  • opacity
  • opaqueness
  • pitch
  • plane
  • point
  • preposterousness
  • profoundness
  • ramp
  • rashness
  • recklessness
  • reconditeness
  • rise
  • rising ground
  • senselessness
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shelf
  • silliness
  • skew
  • slant
  • steepness
  • stupidity
  • swag
  • sway
  • tangent
  • tilt
  • tip
  • triviality
  • turn
  • turning
  • twist
  • uncertainty
  • unsoundness
  • upgrade
  • vagueness
  • vice
  • witlessness

Antonyms for obliquity

  • brightness
  • care
  • carefulness
  • certainty
  • clarity
  • clearness
  • comprehensibility
  • decline
  • definiteness
  • directness
  • distinctness
  • evenness
  • exactness
  • explicitness
  • forthrightness
  • incision
  • incisiveness
  • intelligence
  • intelligibility
  • judgment
  • knowledge
  • legibility
  • level
  • lowness
  • lucidity
  • lucidness
  • obviousness
  • openness
  • palpability
  • perspicuity
  • perspicuousness
  • plainness
  • readability
  • readableness
  • self-evidence
  • sense
  • seriousness
  • straightforwardness
  • surety
  • tangibility
  • tangibleness
  • understanding
  • upgrade
  • visibility
  • wisdom

Example Sentences

  • The professor's lecture delved into the philosophical concept of obliquity, illustrating how indirect paths often lead to unexpected insights.
  • In her novel, the author skillfully portrayed the protagonist's journey of self-discovery, marked by moments of obliquity where clarity emerged from seemingly unrelated events.
  • The artist's abstract painting captured the essence of obliquity, inviting viewers to interpret its meaning through unconventional angles and perspectives.
  • Despite initial setbacks, the entrepreneur embraced obliquity in her approach to problem-solving, ultimately discovering innovative solutions that defied traditional logic.
  • The detective's keen eye for obliquity enabled her to uncover crucial evidence overlooked by others, leading to a breakthrough in the long-standing case.

On this page you'll find 183 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to obliquity, such as: V, Y, abruptness, abstruseness, abstrusity, absurdity, acclivity.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

abruptness

  • amazement
  • astonishment
  • astoundment
  • attack
  • awe
  • bank
  • bend
  • bevel
  • bewilderment
  • bias
  • bluntness
  • bombshell
  • brevity
  • briefness
  • brusqueness
  • cant
  • compactness
  • conciseness
  • concision
  • consternation
  • crispness
  • curiosity
  • curtness
  • curveball
  • declination
  • declivity
  • deflection
  • descent
  • deviation
  • diagonal
  • disappointment
  • disillusion
  • downgrade
  • epiphany
  • eureka
  • eye-opener
  • fortune
  • godsend
  • gradient
  • hill
  • inclination
  • incline
  • incredulity
  • jolt
  • kick
  • lean
  • leaning
  • marvel
  • miracle
  • miscalculation
  • obliqueness
  • obliquity
  • phenomenon
  • pitch
  • pithiness
  • portent
  • precipitance
  • precipitation
  • precipitousness
  • prodigy
  • ramp
  • rarity
  • revelation
  • rise
  • rising ground
  • sententiousness
  • shelf
  • shock
  • shortness
  • skew
  • start
  • steepness
  • stupefaction
  • succinctness
  • suddenness
  • swag
  • sway
  • terseness
  • thunderbolt
  • tip
  • unexpected
  • unforeseen
  • whammy
  • wonder
  • wonderment

abstruseness

  • abstrusity
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguousness
  • brainteaser
  • braintwister
  • charade
  • chiller
  • circuitousness
  • circuity
  • cliffhanger
  • closed book
  • cloudiness
  • complexity
  • complication
  • conundrum
  • crux
  • cryptogram
  • darkness
  • deepness
  • depth
  • difficulty
  • dimness
  • enigma
  • equivocalness
  • equivocation
  • faintness
  • fogginess
  • fuzziness
  • grabber
  • haziness
  • impenetrability
  • incomprehensibility
  • incomprehensibleness
  • indefiniteness
  • indirectness
  • indistinctness
  • inscrutability
  • inscrutableness
  • mindboggler
  • mistiness
  • murkiness
  • mysteriousness
  • mystery
  • mystification
  • nebulosity
  • nebulousness
  • obliqueness
  • obliquity
  • obscurity
  • obtuseness
  • occult
  • opacity
  • opaqueness
  • oracle
  • perplexity
  • poser
  • problem
  • profoundness
  • puzzle
  • puzzlement
  • puzzler
  • question
  • rebus
  • reconditeness
  • riddle
  • rune
  • secrecy
  • shade
  • shadow
  • sixty-four thousand dollar question
  • sphinx
  • stickler
  • stumper
  • subtlety
  • teaser
  • thriller
  • tough nut to crack
  • twister
  • uncertainty
  • vagueness
  • whodunit
  • why

abstrusity

daftness

  • absurdity
  • asininity
  • balminess
  • brainlessness
  • craziness
  • denseness
  • dim-wittedness
  • dippiness
  • doltishness
  • dopiness
  • dottiness
  • dullness
  • dulness
  • dumb thing to do
  • dumb trick
  • dumbness
  • fallacy
  • fatuity
  • fatuousness
  • feeblemindedness
  • folly
  • foolishness
  • gormlessness
  • idiocy
  • imbecility
  • impracticality
  • imprudence
  • inadvisability
  • inanity
  • indiscretion
  • insanity
  • irrationality
  • kookiness
  • laughableness
  • ludicrousness
  • lunacy
  • madness
  • mindlessness
  • nonsensicalness
  • nuttiness
  • oafishness
  • obliquity
  • obtuseness
  • preposterousness
  • rashness
  • recklessness
  • ridiculousness
  • senselessness
  • silliness
  • simplemindedness
  • simpleness
  • simplicity
  • slowness
  • stupidity
  • stupidness
  • triviality
  • unreasonableness
  • unsoundness
  • unwisdom
  • vacuity
  • vice
  • wackiness
  • weirdness
  • witlessness
  • zaniness

darkness


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