CROSSES Synonyms: 118 Similar and Opposite Words

crosses 1 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of cross

as in betrays

to be unfaithful or disloyal to people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river

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as in intersects

to divide by passing through or across there's a light where that street crosses Main Street

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as in traverses

to make one's way through, across, or over you may have to cross some woods on the way

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as in strikes

to enter the mind of the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg

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crosses

2 of 2

noun

plural of cross

as in fires

a test of faith, patience, or strength dyslexia is just my cross to bear, and I accepted it long ago

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as in hybrids

an offspring of parents with different genes especially when of different races, breeds, species, or genera the mare is an Arabian-Thoroughbred cross

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Recent Examples of crosses

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There will be another in 2052 that crosses the Southeast, including Florida, Georgia and South Carolina. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 For content that crosses markets, that means building feedback loops into how AI operates. — Georg Ell, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026 Their path eventually crosses that of Greta, an Italian doctor whose empathy and resilience shine through the situation. — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 30 July 2026 The bridge crosses a section of Markham near the Arkansas School for the Deaf and Blind and the Capitol View-Stiff Station neighborhood. — Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 29 July 2026 Still, this doesn’t happen every day; an eclipse takes place when a new or full moon occurs close to one of the lunar nodes, where the moon’s orbit crosses the ecliptic. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 Once a victim crosses a jurisdictional line, everything that happened on the other side of it too often gets lost in the nowhere land of bureaucracy and red tape. — Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026 The trail crosses Romania diagonally, running from the rural commune of Putna to the city of Drobeta-Turnu Severin. — Gloria Liu, Travel + Leisure, 20 July 2026 These are the complications of Reddy’s interrogation, where an ancient system that crosses borders deep into Silicon Valley plays out beneath Wilson Chin’s remarkable set, which feels like an operating room, where society is the patient. — David John Chávez, Mercury News, 17 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crosses

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Daeron betrays Ormund after being officially knighted by him earlier in the episode, and the two never get a proper goodbye.

— Matt Minton, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
People don’t do what they’re supposed to, or someone betrays someone else for money or power or spite, or maybe a dragon just disobeys its rider and decides to murder a prince.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of betrays

Verb

While the show fluidly traverses the years before and after it, dropping in on Hal and John at key moments in their lives, the investigation that puts the two men in buddy-cop mode unfolds in 2016, two decades after the William Tell scene.

— Judy Berman, Time, 14 Aug. 2026
In your periphery to the left, a spacewalker traverses the exterior of the station.

— Monisha Ravisetti, Space.com, 26 July 2026

Definition of traverses

Verb

Sasa takes on a rape case that strikes close to home, while his friend Kalle defends a client in a gang trial that tests his ideals.

— Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2026
Hochman said Flores simply could have taken notes on the inappropriate comments and turned them in to superiors or the independent inspector general, which strikes me as either sweetly naive or disingenuous.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of strikes

Noun

Beijing stripped purchase-tax subsidies from short-range plug-in hybrids this year, hitting BYD’s core product line, while Geely and Leapmotor attack the mid-market segments BYD built its volume on.

— Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
Okuda was instrumental in helping drive Toyota’s reputation for fuel-efficiency at a time when gas prices were already surging, with models such as its bestseller Camry, as well as the hybrids.

— ABC News, ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of hybrids

Verb

This follows a successful season 18 which delivered double-digit growth over the previous season and set a new franchise premiere viewership record.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 16 Aug. 2026
Each meal follows a longevity menu of about 1,800 calories based on Palazzo Fiuggi’s Food as Medicine philosophy, developed by Michelin three-star chef Heinz Beck with the resort’s medical team.

— Ken Gawrych, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2026