Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun zig-zag

1 sense of zigzag

Sense 1
zigzag, zig, zag -- (an angular shape characterized by sharp turns in alternating directions)
       => angular shape, angularity -- (a shape having one or more sharp angles)

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb zig-zag

1 sense of zigzag

Sense 1
zigzag, crank -- (travel along a zigzag path; "The river zigzags through the countryside")
       => travel, go, move, locomote -- (change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically; "How fast does your new car go?"; "We travelled from Rome to Naples by bus"; "The policemen went from door to door looking for the suspect"; "The soldiers moved towards the city in an attempt to take it before night fell"; "news travelled fast")

Antonyms of adj zig-zag

1 sense of zig-zag

Sense 1
zigzag, zig-zag -- (having short sharp turns or angles)

INDIRECT (VIA crooked) -> straight -- (having no deviations; "straight lines"; "straight roads across the desert"; "straight teeth"; "straight shoulders")
                                                                         

Similarity of adj zig-zag

1 sense of zig-zag

Sense 1
zigzag, zig-zag -- (having short sharp turns or angles)
       => crooked (vs. straight) -- (having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth")
                                                                         

Synonyms of adv zig-zag

1 sense of zigzag

Sense 1
zigzag -- (in a zigzag course or on a zigzag path; "birds flew zigzag across the blue sky")

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