Antonyms of adj cross-grained

2 senses of cross-grained

Sense 1
contrarious, cross-grained -- (difficult to deal with)

INDIRECT (VIA stubborn) -> docile -- (willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; "the docile masses of an enslaved nation")

Sense 2
curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained -- (of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel)

INDIRECT (VIA uneven) -> even -- (being level or straight or regular and without variation as e.g. in shape or texture; or being in the same plane or at the same height as something else (i.e. even with); "an even application of varnish"; "an even floor"; "the road was not very even"; "the picture is even with the window")

Similarity of adj cross-grained

2 senses of cross-grained

Sense 1
contrarious, cross-grained -- (difficult to deal with)
       => stubborn (vs. docile), obstinate, unregenerate -- (tenaciously unwilling or marked by tenacious unwillingness to yield)

Sense 2
curly-grained, cross-grained, wavy-grained -- (of timber; having fibers running irregularly rather than in parallel)
       => uneven (vs. even) -- (not even or uniform as e.g. in shape or texture; "an uneven color"; "uneven ground"; "uneven margins"; "wood with an uneven grain")