Find the word that fits

Configuration: alternatives and connections

Begin with the reviewed alternatives, then explore broader connections without treating every related word as an automatic substitute.

Try an example: important law show help change happy
26,102 words currently have published synonym-style alternatives
90,593 searchable synonym connections
350,924 published thesaurus relationships of every type
Start with the meaning

Configuration

Form, as depending on the relative disposition of the parts of a thing' shape; figure.

75 useful connections shown 35 reviewed relationships and 40 broader connections.
Best place to begin

Reviewed alternatives and contrasts

These links were deliberately created. Use the interchangeability score and guidance to judge whether a word will work in your sentence.

Narrower term 20

Angularity 76% connected

The quality or state of being angular; angularness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Bluntness 76% connected

Want of edge or point; dullness; obtuseness; want of sharpness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Concaveness 76% connected

Hollowness; concavity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Concavity 76% connected

A concave surface, or the space bounded by it; the state of being concave.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Convexity 76% connected

The state of being convex; the exterior surface of a convex body; roundness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Convexness 76% connected

The state of being convex; convexity.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Crookedness 76% connected

The condition or quality of being crooked; hence, deformity of body or of mind; deviation from moral rectitude; perverseness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Curvature 76% connected

The act of curving, or the state of being bent or curved; a curving or bending, normal or abnormal, as of a line or surface from a rectilinear direct…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Curve 76% connected

Bent without angles; crooked; curved; as, a curve line; a curve surface.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Dullness 76% connected

The state of being dull; slowness; stupidity; heaviness; drowsiness; bluntness; obtuseness; dimness; want of luster; want of vividness, or of brightn…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Keenness 76% connected

The quality or state of being keen.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Narrowing 76% connected

of Narrow

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Rectilinearity 76% connected

The quality or state of being rectilinear.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Redundancy 76% connected

The quality or state of being redundant; superfluity; superabundance; excess.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Roundness 76% connected

The quality or state of being round in shape; as, the roundness of the globe, of the orb of the sun, of a ball, of a bowl, a column, etc.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Sharpness 76% connected

The quality or condition of being sharp; keenness; acuteness.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Straightness 76% connected

The quality, condition, or state, of being straight; as, the straightness of a path.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Stratification 76% connected

The act or process of laying in strata, or the state of being laid in the form of strata, or layers.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Topography 76% connected

The description of a particular place, town, manor, parish, or tract of land; especially, the exact and scientific delineation and description in min…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Topology 76% connected

The art of, or method for, assisting the memory by associating the thing or subject to be remembered with some place.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a narrower or more specific lexical category.

Broader term 2

Design 76% connected

To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace out; to draw.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Plan 76% connected

A draught or form; properly, a representation drawn on a plane, as a map or a chart; especially, a top view, as of a machine, or the representation o…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Derivationally related 4

Configure 74% connected

To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Configure 74% connected

To arrange or dispose in a certain form, figure, or shape.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Contour 74% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Contour 74% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

Attribute 4

Straight 66% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Straight 66% connected

A variant of Strait, a.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

Open English WordNet links these concepts through an attribute relationship.

Synonym 5

Conformation 92% connected

The act of conforming; the act of producing conformity.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Constellation 92% connected

A cluster or group of fixed stars, or dvision of the heavens, designated in most cases by the name of some animal, or of some mythologial personage,…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Contour 92% connected

The outline of a figure or body, or the line or lines representing such an outline; the line that bounds; periphery.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

form 92% connected

A suffix used to denote in the form / shape of, resembling, etc.; as, valiform; oviform.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Shape 92% connected

To form or create; especially, to mold or make into a particular form; to give proper form or figure to.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Explore further

Words from the same subject

These terms belong to the same specialist field or topic. They help you explore the subject, but they are not automatically synonyms.

Explore further

Words connected by meaning

Their definitions overlap or refer to similar ideas. Use these to widen your search, then compare the exact meanings.