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adjective

Definition of squarenext
1
as in rectangular
having four equal sides and four right angles a square room

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2
as in equal
marked by justice, honesty, and freedom from bias received a square hearing from the disciplinary panel

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square

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verb

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as in to correspond
to be in agreement on every point that explanation squares entirely with the evidence that we've seen

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as in to bribe
to influence someone with a bribe tried to square the police officer into ignoring the illegal operation

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square

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noun

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as in plaza

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as in standpatter

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Recent Examples of square
Adjective
My Mizu Suite—essentially a junior suite at 560 square feet—had a comfortable sofa and a view across to the National Diet Building's distinctive pyramidal tower. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026 The 18,798-square-foot building would house the home furnishing retailer as well as a dining area with capacity for approximately 124 guests. — Bridget Fogarty, jsonline.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Verb
The Sun in Virgo moves through your 8th House of Shared Resources, Trust, and Mutual Support while squaring Uranus in your 5th House of Creativity, Romance, and Play. — Tarot.com, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026 The Moon in Capricorn moves through your 3rd House of Communication while squaring Venus in Libra and your 12th House of Solitude and Hidden Patterns. — Tarot.com, Sun Sentinel, 24 Aug. 2026
Noun
With that said, this square could shed light on where our desire for compromise and amicability is overly accommodating and unrealistic. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 24 Aug. 2026 Dishes here are served in a restaurant that spills out onto the central square of the hotel, with a bar counter that dominates the room. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 21 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for square
Recent Examples of Synonyms for square
  1. rectangular
  2. equal
  3. correspond
  4. bribe
  5. plaza
  6. traditionalist
  7. quadrate
  8. impartial
Adjective
  • The floating ring cameras are gone, replaced by a large rectangular camera island housing all three sensors.
    — Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • The restaurant specializes in the rectangular Detroit deep dish pizza, known for its focaccia dough.
    — Emma Hall, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of rectangular
Adjective
  • The investment bank upgraded software cybersecurity name to overweight from equal weight.
    — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 25 Aug. 2026
  • States have an equal obligation to honor the tax and permitting terms promised to projects that have committed capital.
    — Mark Drapeau, Fortune, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of equal
Verb
  • Back in 2015, Parton and her team buried a chestnut box filled with physical copies of a brand new song in two formats, cassette and CD, along with their corresponding players, under her Dollywood DreamMore Resort and Spa.
    — Isabelle Farina, Variety, 27 Aug. 2026
  • The cabin sound is enhanced using technology that senses intake pressure and creates a corresponding engine sound routed through the speakers.
    — Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of correspond
Verb
  • The incidents continued back in Maryland, including outside a Chipotle, where Garcia allegedly tried to bribe the victim to touch himself in exchange for food.
    — Bryan Lynn, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026
  • At a press conference Thursday afternoon, LeVota denied the allegations but identified Legislator DaRon McGee as the candidate that federal prosecutors are accusing LeVota of bribing.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
Definition of bribe
Noun
  • Another grocery store could be coming to a vacant Independence plaza as the city continues working to attract new businesses to replace several shuttered department stores.
    — Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
  • The future community center could include a library, 500-seat banquet hall, 299-seat black box theater, outdoor event plaza, commercial kitchen, art gallery and meeting space for community groups, according to a city presentation.
    — Camryn Dadey, Sacbee.com, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of plaza
Noun
  • Conservatives in DellaPosta’s study were more likely to endorse spanking kids, for instance, which aligns with conservatism’s more traditionalist worldview.
    — Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026
  • Like other hard-right populist parties across the globe, Reform’s brand is very much tied up in traditionalist masculinity.
    — Sheena McKenzie, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of traditionalist
Adjective
  • The eyewear features a quadrate shield-lens, which is one piece that covers both eyes.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 7 July 2026
  • Its skull also showed reduced articulations between key bones and a shallow quadrate angle, both of which are associated with piscivory.
    — Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 21 Apr. 2025
Definition of quadrate
Adjective
  • The Turkish government maintains that the justice system is impartial and independent.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2026
  • Unlike human will, which can be self-serving, dominating, unjustly conditional, or confusingly unfair, God’s will is wise, loving, free, impartial, and infinitely insightful.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of impartial

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“Square.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/square. Accessed 1 Sep. 2026.

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