Synonyms for linear
ˈlɪn i ərlin·ear

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1. linear

   Synonyms:
   direct, straight, rectilinear

   Antonyms:
   incurved, divergent, collateral, lateral, curvilinear, zigzag

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1. linear, additiveadjective

   designating or involving an equation whose terms are of the first degree

   Synonyms:
   analogue, elongate, analog, additive, running(a), one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   brick-shaped, nonlinear, cubic, boxlike, placoid, platelike, cubical, cuboid, two-dimensional, boxy, three-dimensional, flat, coplanar, box-shaped, planar, cubiform, tabular, compound, cuboidal, cubelike, cube-shaped, isometric, blocky, crosswise, blockish, planate, flattened, solid

2. linear, one-dimensionaladjective

   of or in or along or relating to a line; involving a single dimension

   "a linear measurement"

   Synonyms:
   analogue, unidimensional, running(a), additive, elongate, analog, one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   planate, tabular, cuboidal, blocky, placoid, three-dimensional, isometric, crosswise, blockish, boxlike, flattened, box-shaped, flat, boxy, platelike, brick-shaped, cubical, planar, cube-shaped, nonlinear, cubiform, cuboid, compound, two-dimensional, cubelike, cubic, coplanar, solid

3. analogue, analog, linearadjective

   of a circuit or device having an output that is proportional to the input

   "analogue device"; "linear amplifier"

   Synonyms:
   analogue, elongate, additive, running(a), analog, one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   cuboid, coplanar, crosswise, cubic, cubelike, placoid, cube-shaped, tabular, planar, nonlinear, blockish, brick-shaped, two-dimensional, flattened, platelike, flat, box-shaped, boxlike, solid, planate, isometric, boxy, three-dimensional, compound, cubiform, blocky, cubical, cuboidal

4. linear, elongateadjective

   (of a leaf shape) long and narrow

   Synonyms:
   analogue, running(a), elongated, additive, elongate, analog, one-dimensional

   Antonyms:
   box-shaped, nonlinear, flattened, planate, platelike, cubical, cuboid, cubiform, flat, placoid, cubic, coplanar, cuboidal, boxy, isometric, solid, cube-shaped, planar, two-dimensional, cubelike, crosswise, tabular, three-dimensional, brick-shaped, boxlike, blockish, blocky, compound

5. linear, running(a)adjective

   measured lengthwise

   "cost of lumber per running foot"

   Antonyms:
   blockish, cuboid, cubelike, compound, cubical, cuboidal, three-dimensional, planar, box-shaped, coplanar, flat, solid, flattened, isometric, placoid, brick-shaped, cubiform, boxy, platelike, blocky, cube-shaped, planate, crosswise, nonlinear, two-dimensional, tabular, boxlike, cubic

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1. • Electronics
   • Math

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1. linearadjective

   Synonyms:
   lineal, in the direction of a line

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1. List of paraphrases for "linear":

   straight-line, across-the-board, lineal, nonlinear, non-linear

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How to use linear in a sentence?

1. Adam Kelly:

   Distribution has stayed very much on the traditional means of delivery because it's what worked so well for so long, non-linear [TV] young fans are spending most of their time on these platforms. Their preference is to consume content where they're already consuming other material.

2. Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr:

   Supply chains have evolved into value webs. The emphasis is no longer only on supply and the perspective is no longer linear. Instead, emphasis is spread out among various interconnected parts and the perspective is holistic. In order to adapt, we have to ask ourselves more meaningful questions about everything.

3. Neil Gershenfeld:

   For a smart material to be able to send out a more complex signal it needs to be nonlinear. If you hit a tuning fork twice as hard it will ring twice as loud but still at the same frequency. That's a linear response. If you hit a person twice as hard they're unlikely just to shout twice as loud. That property lets you learn more about the person than the tuning fork.

4. Krishna Aragam:

   Newer and more advanced techniques in ‘non-linear Mendelian randomization’ now permit the use of human genetic data to evaluate the direction and magnitude of disease risk associated with different levels of an exposure.

5. Joe Primo:

   Grief is not a linear process.