CORNER: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CORNER?

Need another word that means the same as “corner”? Find 67 synonyms and 30 related words for “corner” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Corner” are: nook, niche, recess, recession, box, street corner, turning point, quoin, intersection, point, apex, cusp, cranny, bay, booth, alcove, bend, curve, arc, kink, crook, deviation, turn, turning, junction, fork, district, region, area, section, quarter, part, predicament, plight, spot of trouble, bit of bother, difficulty, problem, puzzle, quandary, dilemma, muddle, mess, quagmire, mire, mare's nest, tree, drive into a corner, run to earth, run to ground, bring to bay, cut off, block off, trap, hem in, shut in, pen in, close in, enclose, surround, gain control of, gain dominance of, take over, control, dominate, monopolize, capture

Corner as a Noun

Definitions of "Corner" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “corner” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A location or area, especially one regarded as secluded or remote.
• The point where three areas or surfaces meet or intersect.
• A place where two or more streets meet.
• A predicament from which a skillful or graceful escape is impossible.
• A place off to the side of an area.
• A position in which one dominates the supply of a particular commodity.
• A place where two planes of rock meet at an angle of between 60° and 120°.
• A place or angle where two sides or edges meet.
• A remote area.
• Each of the diagonally opposite ends of the ring, where a contestant rests between rounds.
• (architecture) solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.
• The area inside a room or other space near the place where two walls or other surfaces meet.
• The intersection of two streets.
• Solid exterior angle of a building; especially one formed by a cornerstone.
• A sharp bend in a road.
• A projecting part where two sides or edges meet.
• A temporary monopoly on a kind of commercial trade.
• A free hit in field hockey, taken from the corner of the field.
• A small concavity.
• A triangular cut from the hind end of a side of bacon.
• A difficult or awkward situation.
• A contestant's supporters or seconds.
• An interior angle formed by two meeting walls.
• The point where two lines meet or intersect.
• A place kick taken by the attacking side from a corner of the field after the ball has been sent over the byline by a defender.

Synonyms of "Corner" as a noun (46 Words)

alcove	A recess in the wall of a room or garden.
apex	The highest point in a plane or solid figure, relative to a base line or plane. The apex of the roof.
arc	A shape or structure resembling an arc. The huge arc of the sky.
area	A particular environment or walk of life. Rural areas of Britain.
bay	A compartment on a ship between decks; often used as a hospital. He opened the bomb bay.
bend	A kind of knot used to join two ropes together or to tie a rope to another object e g a carrick bend. A bend in the road.
bit of bother	An instance of some kind.
booth	United States actor and assassin of President Lincoln (1838-1865. They sat down in a booth and waited for a waiter to come over.
box	The quantity contained in a box. He rummaged through a box of spare parts.
cranny	A long narrow depression in a surface. Bugs and spiders conceal themselves in crannies of the bark.
crook	The hooked staff of a shepherd. The man s a crook he s not to be trusted.
curve	A pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter. Her dress twisted tightly round her generous curves.
cusp	Small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth. Those on the cusp of adulthood.
deviation	The action of departing from an established course or accepted standard. Sexual deviation.
difficulty	The state or condition of being difficult. Guy had no difficulty in making friends.
dilemma	A difficult situation or problem. He wants to make money but he also disapproves of it Den s dilemma in a nutshell.
district	An area of a country or city, especially one characterized by a particular feature or activity. A district health authority.
fork	Denoting a light meal or buffet that may be eaten solely with a fork while standing. The left fork goes on to the village.
intersection	A point or line common to lines or surfaces that intersect. The intersection of a plane and a cone.
junction	An act of joining or adjoining things. The junction of the two rivers.
kink	A painful muscle spasm especially in the neck or back (`rick’ and `wrick’ are British. Though the system is making some headway there are still some kinks to iron out.
mare's nest	A gang of people (criminals or spies or terrorists) assembled in one locality.
mess	A meal eaten in a mess hall by service personnel. The house was a mess.
mire	A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. Caught in the mire of poverty.
muddle	A confused multitude of things. She was able to cut through confusion and muddle.
niche	The status of an organism within its environment and community (affecting its survival as a species. He found his niche in the academic world.
nook	An interior angle formed by two meeting walls. The nook beside the fire.
part	The part played by a person in bringing about a result. Glue the two parts together.
plight	A situation from which extrication is difficult especially an unpleasant or trying one. We must direct our efforts towards relieving the plight of children living in poverty.
point	A V shaped mark at one end of an arrow pointer. A bird dog on point.
predicament	A difficult, unpleasant, or embarrassing situation. The club s financial predicament.
problem	Denoting or relating to people whose behaviour causes difficulties to themselves and others. A problem family.
puzzle	A jigsaw puzzle. Realization dawned as the pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
quagmire	A soft wet area of low-lying land that sinks underfoot. Torrential rain turned the building site into a quagmire.
quandary	State of uncertainty or perplexity especially as requiring a choice between equally unfavorable options. A legal quandary.
quarter	A quarter of a hundredweight 28 pounds. A quarter after 4 o clock.
quoin	Any of the stones or bricks forming a quoin a cornerstone. Smaller stations followed the same pattern stone built with strongly accented quoins.
recess	A hollow space inside something. The concrete block has a recess in its base.
recession	A small concavity. Measures to pull the economy out of recession.
region	The approximate amount of something usually used prepositionally as in in the region of. His work takes needlework into the region of folk art.
section	A secondary taxonomic category, especially a subgenus. A graduate student taught sections for the professor s lecture course.
spot of trouble	A job in an organization.
street corner	People living or working on the same street.
turn	Turning or twisting around in place. He took a turn to the right.
turning	The act of turning away or in the opposite direction. Take the first turning on the right.
turning point	An unforeseen development.

Usage Examples of "Corner" as a noun

• Jan sat at one corner of the table.
• Fountains are discovered in quiet corners and sleepy squares.
• The corners of a cube.
• The corners of a rectangle.
• The southeastern corner of the Mediterranean.
• Hodkinson was encouraged by his corner.
• Dance professionals from all corners of the globe attended the five-day festival.
• He knocked off the corners.
• Standing on the corner watching all the girls go by.
• His lying got him into a tight corner.
• When the bell sounded he turned to go back to his corner.
• London doesn't have a corner on film festivals.
• She couldn't bear journalists prying into every corner of her life.
• In many corners of the world they still practice slavery.
• He put a corner kick deep into the heart of the Southampton penalty area.
• A piano was in one corner of the room.
• The colour TV in the corner of the room.
• I didn't wait for the prosecutor to try to get me in a corner.
• The huge bookshop on the corner.
• A corner on the silver market.
• They took the corner in a skidding turn.
• He tripled to the rightfield corner.

Corner as a Verb

Definitions of "Corner" as a verb

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “corner” as a verb can have the following definitions:

• Control (a market) by dominating the supply of a particular commodity.
• Detain (someone) in conversation.
• Establish a corner in (a commodity.
• Turn a corner.
• Gain control over.
• Force (a person or animal) into a place or situation from which it is hard to escape.
• (of a vehicle) go round a bend in a road.
• Force a person or an animal into a position from which he cannot escape.

Synonyms of "Corner" as a verb (21 Words)

block off	Block passage through.
bring to bay	Be sold for a certain price.
capture	Bring about the capture of an elementary particle or celestial body and causing it enter a new orbit. The free electrons were moving too rapidly to be captured by nuclei.
close in	Finish or terminate (meetings, speeches, etc.
control	Control others or oneself or influence skillfully usually to one s advantage. He was appointed to control the company s marketing strategy.
cut off	Cut off the testicles of male animals such as horses.
dominate	Have power and influence over. The company dominates the market for operating system software.
drive into a corner	Move into a desired direction of discourse.
enclose	Enclose or enfold completely with or as if with a covering. The open fields in the parish were enclosed in 1808.
gain control of	Obtain.
gain dominance of	Win something through one’s efforts.
hem in	Utter `hem’ or `ahem.
monopolize	Have and control fully and exclusively. He monopolizes the laser printer.
pen in	Produce a literary work.
run to earth	Reduce or cause to be reduced from a solid to a liquid state, usually by heating.
run to ground	Continue to exist.
shut in	Prevent from entering; shut out.
surround	Surround so as to force to give up. The forest surrounds my property.
take over	Be stricken by an illness, fall victim to an illness.
trap	Catch in or as if in a trap. The gaps between the teeth trap food particles.
tree	Chase an animal up a tree. This lot should be treed so that the house will be shaded in summer.

Usage Examples of "Corner" as a verb

• I managed to corner Gary for fifteen minutes.
• The car corners.
• No squeal is evident from the tyres when cornering fast.
• Whether they will corner the market in graphics software remains to be seen.
• Corner the gold market.
• The man was eventually cornered by police dogs.
• You cornered vanadium and made a killing.

Associations of "Corner" (30 Words)

angle	Move or be inclined at an angle. A skylight in the angle of the roof.
banister	A single upright at the side of a staircase. She peered over the banisters.
bending	The act of bending something.
bevel	Cut a bevel on shape to a bevel. Bevel the surface.
bisect	Divide into two parts. Bisect a line.
building	The occupants of a building. The building of motorways.
careen	Pitching dangerously to one side. A heavy flood tide caused my vessel to careen dizzily.
delta	The 4th letter of the Greek alphabet. As long as the price delta is not too great consumers can be sold on specs and future proofing.
ellipticity	The degree of deviation from circularity (or sphericity).
gangling	Tall and thin and having long slender limbs. A gangling teenager.
hypotenuse	The side of a right triangle opposite the right angle.
incline	An inclined surface or plane a slope especially on a road or railway. I incline to the view that this conclusion is untenable.
lean	Cause to lean or incline. A lean budget.
location	The act of putting something in a certain place. The location of new housing beyond the existing built up areas.
longitude	The angular distance of a place east or west of the Greenwich meridian, or west of the standard meridian of a celestial object, usually expressed in degrees and minutes. At a longitude of 2 W.
oblique	An oblique muscle. The axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base.
obliquity	The quality of being deceptive.
place	Take a place in a competition often followed by an ordinal. The children were placed with foster parents.
recumbent	A type of bicycle designed to be ridden lying almost flat on one’s back. Recumbent statues.
scarp	Provide a ditch in a fortification with a steep scarp and counterscarp. The scarped edge of the central plateau.
side	A television channel considered as one of two or more that are available. They painted all four sides of the house.
skew	Neither parallel nor at right angles to a specified or implied line askew crooked. The lines on the sheet of paper are skewed.
slant	A sloping position. The hedge grew at a slant.
tend	Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something be inclined. Walter tended towards corpulence.
theta	The eighth star in a constellation. Theta Draconis.
tilt	Charge with a tilt. He tilts at his prey.
triangle	A musical instrument consisting of a steel rod bent into a triangle and sounded by being struck with a small steel rod. A small triangle of grass.
vertex	The highest point (of something.
yaw	An erratic deflection from an intended course. The yawing motion of the ship.