| Noun | 1. | square - (geometry) a plane rectangle with four equal sides and four right angles; a four-sided regular polygon; "you can compute the area of a square if you know the length of its sides"geometry - the pure mathematics of points and lines and curves and surfaces rectangle - a parallelogram with four right angles | |
| 2. | square - the product of two equal terms; "nine is the second power of three"; "gravity is inversely proportional to the square of the distance"number - a concept of quantity derived from zero and units; "every number has a unique position in the sequence" | |
| 3. | square - an open area at the meeting of two or more streetscity - an incorporated administrative district established by state charter; "the city raised the tax rate" Trafalgar Square - a square in central London where there is a memorial to Admiral Nelson piazza, plaza, place - a public square with room for pedestrians; "they met at Elm Plaza"; "Grosvenor Place" | |
| 4. | square - something approximating the shape of a squareshape, form - the spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape" | |
| 5. | square - someone who doesn't understand what is going on | |
| 6. | square - a formal and conservative person with old-fashioned viewscolloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech | |
| 7. | square - any artifact having a shape similar to a plane geometric figure with four equal sides and four right angles; "a checkerboard has 64 squares"checkerboard - a board having 64 squares of two alternating colors | |
| 8. | square - a hand tool consisting of two straight arms at right angles; used to construct or test right angles; "the carpenter who built this room must have lost his square"try square - a square having a metal ruler set at right angles to another straight piece T-square - a square used by draftsmen to draw parallel lines | |
| Verb | 1. | square - raise to the second powerarithmetic - the branch of pure mathematics dealing with the theory of numerical calculations multiply - combine by multiplication; "multiply 10 by 15" | |
| 2. | square - make square; "Square the circle"; "square the wood with a file"shape, form - give a shape or form to; "shape the dough" | |
| 3. | square - cause to match, as of ideas or actsadapt, conform, adjust - adapt or conform oneself to new or different conditions; "We must adjust to the bad economic situation" | |
| 4. | square - position so as to be square; "He squared his shoulders"position - cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation | |
| 5. | square - be compatible with; "one idea squares with another"correspond, gibe, jibe, match, tally, agree, fit, check - be compatible, similar or consistent; coincide in their characteristics; "The two stories don't agree in many details"; "The handwriting checks with the signature on the check"; "The suspect's fingerprints don't match those on the gun" | |
| 6. | square - pay someone and settle a debt; "I squared with him"settle - dispose of; make a financial settlement | |
| 7. | square - turn the paddle; in canoeingpaddle - propel with a paddle; "paddle your own canoe" | |
| 8. | square - turn the oar, while rowingrow - propel with oars; "row the boat across the lake" | |
| Adj. | 1. | square - having four equal sides and four right angles or forming a right angle; "a square peg in a round hole"; "a square corner" | |
| 2. | square - leaving no balance; "my account with you is now all square"colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech paid - marked by the reception of pay; "paid work"; "a paid official"; "a paid announcement"; "a paid check" | |
| 3. | square - characterized by honesty and fairness; "a square deal"; "wanted to do the square thing"honest, honorable - not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting"; "an honest wage"; "honest weight" | |
| 4. | square - without evasion or compromise; "a square contradiction"; "he is not being as straightforward as it appears"direct - extended senses; direct in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach" | |
| 5. | square - rigidly conventional or old-fashionedconventional - unimaginative and conformist; "conventional bourgeois lives"; "conventional attitudes" | |
| Adv. | 1. | square - in a straight direct way; "looked him squarely in the eye"; "ran square into me" | |
| 2. | square - with honesty and fairness; "dealt squarely with his customers"; "always treated me square" | |
| 3. | square - in a square shape; "a squarely cut piece of paper"; "folded the sheet of paper square" | |
| 4. | square - firmly and solidly; "hit the ball squarely"; "the bat met the ball squarely"; "planted his great bulk square before his enemy" | |