| triangle | a percussion instrument consisting of a metal bar bent in the shape of an open triangle |
| triangle | any of various triangular drafting instruments used to draw straight lines at specified angles |
counterpart
opposite number
vis-a-vis | a person or thing having the same function or characteristics as another |
antonym
opposite word
opposite | a word that expresses a meaning opposed to the meaning of another word, in which case the two words are antonyms of each other, to him the antonym of `gay' was `depressed' |
| Bermuda Triangle | an area in the western Atlantic Ocean where many ships and planes are supposed to have been mysteriously lost |
Triangulum
Triangle | a small northern constellation near Perseus between Andromeda and Aries |
Triangulum Australe
Southern Triangle | a small bright constellation in the polar region of the southern hemisphere near Circinus and Apus |
| opposition opponent opposite | a contestant that you are matched against |
angled loofah
sing-kwa
Luffa acutangula | loofah of Pakistan, widely cultivated throughout tropics |
reverse
contrary opposite | a relation of direct opposition, we thought Sue was older than Bill but just the reverse was true |
| inverse opposite | something inverted in sequence or character or effect, when the direct approach failed he tried the inverse |
triangle
trigon
trilateral | a three-sided polygon |
| triangle | something approximating the shape of a triangle, the coastline of Chile and Argentina and Brazil forms two legs of a triangle |
acute triangle
acute-angled triangle | a triangle whose interior angles are all acute |
equilateral triangle
equiangular triangle | a three-sided regular polygon |
| isosceles triangle | a triangle with two equal sides |
| oblique triangle | a triangle that contains no right angle |
obtuse triangle
obtuse-angled triangle | a triangle that contains an obtuse interior angle |
right triangle
right-angled triangle | a triangle with one right angle |
| scalene triangle | a triangle with no two sides of equal length |
| spherical triangle | a spherical polygon formed by the arcs of great circles |
opposite
paired | of leaves etc, growing in pairs on either side of a stem, opposite leaves |
| oblique-angled | having oblique angles |
| right-angled | forming a right angle or containing one or more right angles, a right-angled bend |
| angled | forming or set at an angle, angled parking |
sharp-cornered
sharp-angled | having sharp corners |
diametric diametrical opposite
polar | characterized by opposite extremes, completely opposed, in diametric contradiction to his claims, diametrical (or opposite) points of view, opposite meanings, extreme and indefensible polar positions |
| opposite | altogether different in nature or quality or significance, the medicine's effect was opposite to that intended, it is said that opposite characters make a union happiest- Charles Reade |
| opposite | the other one of a complementary pair, the opposite sex, the two chess kings are set up on squares of opposite colors |
| opposite | being directly across from each other, facing, And I on the opposite shore will be, ready to ride and spread the alarm- Longfellow, we lived on opposite sides of the street, at opposite poles |
| opposite | moving or facing away from each other, looking in opposite directions, they went in opposite directions |
| face-to-face opposite | directly facing each other, the two photographs lay face-to-face on the table, lived all their lives in houses face-to-face across the street, they sat opposite at the table |