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.
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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