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Cyclic 84% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Cyclic 84% connected

Alt. of Cyclical

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Cyclical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Cyclical 84% connected

Of or pertaining to a cycle or circle; moving in cycles; as, cyclical time.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these adjective senses as similar in meaning; they are not necessarily interchangeable.

Synonym 1

Alternate 92% connected

Being or succeeding by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; by turns first one and then the other; hence, reciprocal.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Antonym 2

Direct 94% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

Direct 94% connected

Straight; not crooked, oblique, or circuitous; leading by the short or shortest way to a point or end; as, a direct line; direct means.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records these words as lexical opposites.

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