Standard Lemma guide

asymmetrical

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /ˌeɪsɪˈmɛtɹɪk(ə)l/
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1

adj

Meaning 1

Not symmetrical.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

characterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: asymmetric

Antonyms: symmetrical

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

irregular in shape or outline

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • asymmetrical features
  • a dress with a crooked hemline

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: crooked

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From a- + symmetrical.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: asimetrik — not symmetrical
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل (ḡayr mutamāṯil) — not symmetrical
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة (ḡayr mutamāṯila) — not symmetrical
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُتَكَافِئ (ḡayr mutakāfiʔ) — not symmetrical
  • Arabic: غَيْر مُتَكَافِئَة (ḡayr mutakāfiʔa) — not symmetrical
  • Armenian: անհամաչափ (anhamačʻapʻ) — not symmetrical
  • Asturian: asimétricu — not symmetrical
  • Bulgarian: несиметричен (nesimetričen) — not symmetrical
  • Catalan: asimètric — not symmetrical
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不對稱 /不对称 (bùduìchèn) — not symmetrical
  • Czech: asymetrický — not symmetrical
  • Danish: asymmetrisk — not symmetrical
  • Dutch: asymmetrisch — not symmetrical
  • Esperanto: nesimetria — not symmetrical
  • Finnish: asymmetrinen — not symmetrical
  • Finnish: epäsymmetrinen — not symmetrical
  • French: asymétrique — not symmetrical
  • Galician: asimétrico — not symmetrical
  • Georgian: ასიმეტრიული (asimeṭriuli) — not symmetrical
  • German: asymmetrisch — not symmetrical
  • Greek: ασύμμετρος (asýmmetros) — not symmetrical
  • Icelandic: missamhverfur — not symmetrical
  • Icelandic: mishverfur — not symmetrical
  • Italian: asimetrico — not symmetrical
  • Japanese: 非対称的 (hi-taishō-teki) — not symmetrical
  • Kazakh: бейсимметриялық (beisimmetriälyq) — not symmetrical
  • Māori: tipirori — not symmetrical
  • Māori: hikuwaru — not symmetrical
  • Māori: tipihori — not symmetrical
  • Norwegian Bokmål: asymmetrisk — not symmetrical
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: asymmetrisk — not symmetrical
  • Persian: نامتقارن (nâ-moteqâren) — not symmetrical
  • Polish: asymetryczny — not symmetrical
  • Polish: niesymetryczny — not symmetrical
  • Portuguese: assimétrico — not symmetrical
  • Romanian: asimetric — not symmetrical
  • Romanian: nesimetric — not symmetrical
  • Russian: несимметри́чный (nesimmetríčnyj) — not symmetrical
  • Serbo-Croatian: асимѐтричан — not symmetrical
  • Serbo-Croatian: asimètričan — not symmetrical
  • Spanish: asimétrico — not symmetrical
  • Swedish: asymmetrisk — not symmetrical
  • Swedish: osymmetrisk — not symmetrical
  • Tagalog: diparianyuin — not symmetrical
  • Tagalog: tabingi — not symmetrical
Real reading context

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