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lineal

adj · 7 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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  • General-American: /ˈlɪni.əl/
  • UK: /ˈlɪniːəl/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: L IH1 N IY0 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Pertaining to lines; consisting of lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Relating to aspects of lineage, such as descent, succession, inheritance or consanguinity.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: anthropology, history, human-sciences, law, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

In the direction of a line; measured or ascertained by a line.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable, uncommon

Examples

  • lineal magnitude

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: linear

Antonyms: none provided

4

adj

Meaning 4

Line-drawn; composed of lines.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: art, arts

Examples

  • lineal designs

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adj

Meaning 5

Sans serif.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Topics: media, publishing, typography

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

adjective

Meaning 6

in a straight unbroken line of descent from parent to child

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • lineal ancestors
  • lineal heirs
  • a direct descendant of the king
  • direct heredity

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: direct

Antonyms: collateral

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

arranged in a line

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Old French lineal, from Latin līneālis, from līnea (“a line”) + -ālis (adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, line + -al. Doublet of linear.