All arch synonyms
arch
A a verb arch
- arc β An arc is a smoothly curving line or movement.
- bridge β A bridge is a structure that is built over a railway, river, or road so that people or vehicles can cross from one side to the other.
- span β the act of causing a spinning or whirling motion.
- form β external appearance of a clearly defined area, as distinguished from color or material; configuration: a triangular form.
- stretch β to draw out or extend (oneself, a body, limbs, wings, etc.) to the full length or extent (often followed by out): to stretch oneself out on the ground.
- hump β a rounded protuberance, especially a fleshy protuberance on the back, as that due to abnormal curvature of the spine in humans, or that normally present in certain animals, as the camel or bison.
- bow β When you bow to someone, you briefly bend your body towards them as a formal way of greeting them or showing respect.
- hook β a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- shape β Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers, Europe.
- bend β When you bend, you move the top part of your body downwards and forwards. Plants and trees also bend.
- round β having a flat, circular surface, as a disk.
- hunch β to thrust out or up in a hump; arch: to hunch one's back.
- camber β A camber is a gradual downward slope from the centre of a road to each side of it.
adjective arch
- first β being before all others with respect to time, order, rank, importance, etc., used as the ordinal number of one: the first edition; the first vice president.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- leading β made of or containing lead: a lead pipe; a lead compound.
- main β chief in size, extent, or importance; principal; leading: the company's main office; the main features of a plan.
- major β Clarence, born 1936, U.S. novelist and poet.
- master β botmaster
- premier β the head of the cabinet in France or Italy or certain other countries; first minister; prime minister.
- primary β first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
- top β Technical/Office Protocol
- foremost β Most prominent in rank, importance, or position.
- greatest β unusually or comparatively large in size or dimensions: A great fire destroyed nearly half the city.
- highest β having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- preeminent β eminent above or before others; superior; surpassing: He is preeminent in his profession.
- playful β full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- mischievous β maliciously or playfully annoying.
- roguish β pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- knowing β affecting, implying, or deliberately revealing shrewd knowledge of secret or private information: a knowing glance.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- coy β evasive, esp in an annoying way
- sly β cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- artful β If you describe someone as artful, you mean that they are clever and skilful at achieving what they want, especially by deceiving people.
- frolicsome β merrily playful; full of fun.
- pert β Program Evaluation and Review Technique
- saucy β impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- waggish β like a wag; roguish in merriment and good humor; jocular: Fielding and Sterne are waggish writers.
- wily β full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
- principal β first or highest in rank, importance, value, etc.; chief; foremost.
- superior β higher in station, rank, degree, importance, etc.: a superior officer.
noun arch
- curve β A curve is a smooth, gradually bending line, for example part of the edge of a circle.
- semicircle β Also called semicircumference [sem-ee-ser-kuhm-fer-uh ns, -fruh ns, sem-ahy-] /ΛsΙm i sΙrΛkΚm fΙr Ιns, -frΙns, ΛsΙm aΙͺ-/ (Show IPA). half of a circle; the arc from one end of a diameter to the other.
- sweep β to move or remove (dust, dirt, etc.) with or as if with a broom, brush, or the like.
- curvature β The curvature of something is its curved shape, especially when this shape is part of the circumference of a circle.
- archway β An archway is a passage or entrance that has a curved roof.
- dome β Architecture. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. a domical roof or ceiling. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
- vault β the act of vaulting.
- doorway β the passage or opening into a building, room, etc., commonly closed and opened by a door; portal.
- portico β a structure consisting of a roof supported by columns or piers, usually attached to a building as a porch.