Across definition
Across is an adverb meaning "to the opposite side." It has 2 meanings, listed below with example sentences.
- Part of speech
- adverb
- Syllables
- 2
- Letters
- 6
- How common
- Everyday word
Across as an adverb
to the opposite side
"the football field was 300 feet across"
transversely
"the marble slabs were cut across"
Same sense: crosswise, crossways
Synonyms and antonyms
- crosswise
- crossways
How to say across
Across has 2 syllables and rhymes with loss. Syllable counts and rhymes come from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary.
Words that rhyme with across
- loss
- cross
- sauce
- cos
- toss
- moss
- dos
- gloss
- mos
- lacrosse
- joss
- applesauce
ACROSS in word games
- Scrabble
- 8
- Words With Friends
- 9
- Anagrams
- 0
Is ACROSS a valid Scrabble word? Yes, it is in the ENABLE list most word games use. Check ACROSS in the word checker, or unscramble ACROSS to see the shorter words in its letters.
Definitions and examples from Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Browse more words in the dictionary.