Antonyms for symmetry

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sim-i-tree

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪm ɪ tri

Definition of symmetry

Origin : 1560s, "relation of parts, proportion," from Latin symmetria, from Greek symmetria "agreement in dimensions, due proportion, arrangement," from symmetros "having a common measure, even, proportionate," from syn- "together" (see syn-) + metron "meter" (see meter (n.2)). Meaning "harmonic arrangement of parts" first recorded 1590s. Symmetrophobia is from 1809, supposed to be evident in Egyptian temples and Japanese art.

noun proportion

Example sentences :

I do not think those top-gallant-sails have the symmetry of the canvas of a ship-of-war.
Extract from : « Homeward Bound » by James Fenimore Cooper

Look at it generally, and it is all symmetry and arrangement.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

Lastly, Variety: Variety is never so conspicuous, as when it is united with symmetry.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin

Symmetry is the opposition of equal quantities to each other.
Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume II (of V) » by John Ruskin

There are three criteria of goodness—beauty, symmetry, truth.
Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato

Good, when exhibited under the aspect of measure or symmetry, becomes beauty.
Extract from : « Philebus » by Plato

Of course it needs the whole society to give the symmetry we seek.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

But she had the true fire, and with time would compass repose and symmetry.
Extract from : « Melomaniacs » by James Huneker

An entire wing had to be built to complete the symmetry of the mansion.
Extract from : « Sir Jasper Carew » by Charles James Lever

She was, indeed, a model of symmetry, and well worthy of all the praise bestowed on her.
Extract from : « The O'Donoghue » by Charles James Lever

Synonyms for symmetry

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