square

1. noun

1)

a shop in the square

Syn:

market square, marketplace, plaza, piazza

2) informal

you're such a square!

Syn:

(old) fogey, conservative, traditionalist, conformist, bourgeois, fossil; informal stick-in-the-mud, fuddy-duddy, prig, stuffed shirt

Ant:

trendy

2. adjective

1)

a square table

Syn:

quadrilateral, rectangular, oblong, right-angled, at right angles, perpendicular; straight, level, parallel, horizontal, upright, vertical, true, plane

Ant:

crooked, uneven

2)

the sides were square at halftime

Syn:

level, even, drawn, equal, tied; neck and neck, nip and tuck, side by side, evenly matched; informal even-steven(s)

Ant:

uneven

3)

I'm going to be square with you

Syn:

fair, honest, just, equitable, straight, true, upright, aboveboard, ethical, decent, proper; informal on the level

Ant:

underhanded

4) informal

don't be square!

Syn:

old-fashioned, behind the times, out of date, conservative, traditionalist, conventional, conformist, bourgeois, straitlaced, fogeyish, stuffy; informal stick-in-the-mud, fuddy-duddy

Ant:

trendy

3. verb

1)

the theory does not square with the data

Syn:

agree, tally, be in agreement, be consistent, match up, correspond, fit, coincide, accord, conform, be compatible

2)

his goal squared the match 1 – 1

Syn:

level, even, make equal

3)

would you square up the bill?

Syn:

pay, settle, discharge, clear, meet

4)

Bob squared things with his boss

Syn:

resolve, sort out, settle, clear up, work out, iron out, smooth over, straighten out, deal with, put right, set right, put to rights, rectify, remedy; informal patch up