Synonyms for

Lines

Verb / laɪnz / Another word for lines — explore alternatives below. For syllable breakdowns and pronunciation, see this word on Syllablesworld.

Definition

Lines are long, thin marks on a surface. They can be straight, curved, or wavy.

Synonyms & similar words

lineofproducts cable agateline pipeline lineofdescent shortletter contrast crease melodicphrase personallineofcredit lineofbusiness pedigree argument creditline delineate draw melody line lineofreasoning railwayline lineage air crinkle note productionline strokes marks streaks stripes bands ridges furrows wrinkles creases crinkles scars scratches grooves etchings carvings incisions cuts slashes dashes traces

Synonyms by register

Formal

rows series sequences strands

Informal

tracks paths routes ways

Literary

threads filaments veins

Antonyms

dots spaces gaps voids blanks openings

Common collocations

  • straight lines
  • wavy lines
  • dotted lines
  • draw lines
  • cross lines
  • lines of code
  • lines of text
  • lines of latitude

Word family

noun line
verb lineate
adjective linear
adverb linearly

Usage note

The word 'lines' can refer to physical marks, abstract concepts like arguments, or boundaries. Be mindful of context to avoid ambiguity.

Example sentences

  1. The teacher drew straight lines on the chalkboard.
  2. The football field has white lines marking the boundaries.
  3. The artist created a beautiful painting using many different colors and lines.
  4. The spider spun a delicate web with many lines.
  5. The road was marked with yellow lines to show where cars could drive.

Quotes

  • I am a part of all that I have met; / Yet all experience is an arch wherethro' / Gleams that untravell'd world whose margin fades / For ever and for ever when I move. / How dull it is to pause, to make an end, / To rust unburnish'd, not to shine in use! / As tho' to breathe were life! Life piled on life / Were all too little, and of one to me / Little remains: but every hour is saved / From that eternal silence, something more, / A bringer of new things; and vile it were / For some three suns to store and hoard myself, / And this gray spirit yearning in desire / To follow knowledge like a sinking star, / Beyond the utmost bound of human thought. - Alfred Lord Tennyson, Ulysses
  • There are moments when one has to choose between living one's own life, fully, entirely, completely-or dragging out some false, shallow, degrading existence that the world in its hypocrisy demands. You have that moment now. Choose! - Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
  • The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, / But in ourselves, that we are underlings. - William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

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