Synonyms for traverse
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : trav-ers, truh-vurs |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtræv ərs, trəˈvɜrs |
Top 10 synonyms for traverse Other synonyms for the word traverse
- balk
- bridge
- buck
- check
- combat
- contest
- contravene
- counter
- counteract
- cover
- decussate
- deny
- disaffirm
- dispute
- do
- duel
- fight
- frustrate
- gainsay
- go across
- go against
- hinder
- impede
- impugn
- intersect
- move over
- negate
- negative
- negotiate
- obstruct
- oppose
- pace
- perambulate
- peregrinate
- quarter
- range
- repel
- thwart
- track
- transverse
- travel over
- tread
- walk
- wander
- withstand
Définition of traverse
Origin :- early 14c., "pass across, over, or through," from Old French traverser "to cross, thwart" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *traversare, from Latin transversare "to cross, throw across," from Latin transversus "turn across" (see transverse). The noun meaning "act of passing through a gate, crossing a bridge, etc." is recorded from mid-14c.; meaning "a passage by which one may traverse" is recorded from 1670s. Military foritifcation sense of "barrier, barricade" is recorded from 1590s. Related: Traversed; traversing.
- verb cross over; travel
- verb resist, contradict
- It is in your power to make their bed of down, and to enliven the ground they have yet to traverse with flowers.
- Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
- They believed the range might yet show a rift at this end which their wagons could traverse.
- Extract from : « When the West Was Young » by Frederick R. Bechdolt
- The blows of the sea seemed to traverse it in an unringing, stunning shock, from side to side.
- Extract from : « Typhoon » by Joseph Conrad
- "I was just telling Miss Day that she was much better, sir," said Traverse.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- "Be sure to persuade your mother to come, Traverse," said Clara.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- "Mother, this is Doctor Day, come to see you," said Traverse.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- "Oh, sir, do not do yourself so great an injustice," said Traverse.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- That's the way, Traverse; that's the way with us all, my boy!
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- Traverse left the room to prepare the palliatives for his patient.
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
- You know I am just as much in love with you as Traverse himself can be!
- Extract from : « Hidden Hand » by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
Antonyms for traverse
Based on : Thesaurus.com - Gutenberg.org - Dictionary.com - Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019