All axis synonyms

noun axis

• shaft — a long pole forming the body of various weapons, as lances, halberds, or arrows.
• support — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
• stem — science, technology, engineering, and mathematics, considered as a group of academic or career fields (often used attributively): degree programs in STEM disciplines; teaching STEM in high school.
• hinge — a jointed device or flexible piece on which a door, gate, shutter, lid, or other attached part turns, swings, or moves.
• pole — Reginald, 1500–58, English cardinal and last Roman Catholic archbishop of Canterbury.
• stalk — an act or course of stalking quarry, prey, or the like: We shot the mountain goat after a five-hour stalk.
• axle — An axle is a rod connecting a pair of wheels on a car or other vehicle.
• pivot — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
• spindle — a rounded rod, usually of wood, tapering toward each end, used in hand-spinning to twist into thread the fibers drawn from the mass on the distaff, and on which the thread is wound as it is spun.
• arbor — An arbor is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.
• turning point — a point at which a decisive change takes place; critical point; crisis.
• alliance — An alliance is a group of countries or political parties that are formally united and working together because they have similar aims.
• partnership — the state or condition of being a partner; participation; association; joint interest.
• bloc — A bloc is a group of countries which have similar political aims and interests and that act together over some issues.
• league — a unit of distance, varying at different periods and in different countries, in English-speaking countries usually estimated roughly at 3 miles (4.8 kilometers).
• federation — the act of federating or uniting in a league.
• affiliation — If one group has an affiliation with another group, it has a close or official connection with it.
• alignment — An alignment is support for a particular group, especially in politics, or for a side in a quarrel or struggle.
• arbour — An arbour is a shelter in a garden which is formed by leaves and stems of plants growing close together over a light framework.