cater-cornered
Across the corner
Cater-cornered means positioned diagonally or at an angle, especially when describing something across from another thing on a diagonal rather than directly opposite.
The word appears in several spelling variants—catty-cornered, kitty-cornered, catercorner—all meaning the same thing.
The pharmacy sits cater-cornered from the bank.
The cater part derives from an old word for the four-spot on dice, suggesting diagonal placement like the pips on that face.
Angled, not straightforward
- slantOblique angle or bias
- biasUnfair inclination or prejudice
- crosswiseAt right angles
- cornerwiseAcross opposing corners
angled · athwart · transverse · chevron · zigzag · hypotenuse · rhombus · parallelogram
oblique
Angled, not straightforward
cornerwise · angled · athwart · transverse · chevron · zigzag · hypotenuse · rhombus · parallelogram · tilt
crooked
Bent or dishonest
- tiltedAngled from vertical
- off-kilterUnbalanced or awry
- awryCrooked or wrong
lopsided · skewed · slanted · misaligned · uneven · cockeyed · wonky · aslant · listing · canted
across
From side to side
- oppositeReverse or contrary thing
- intersectionPoint where paths meet
- cornerMeeting point of edges
adjacent · kittycorner · crossway · plaza · square · quadrant · facing · offset · angle
cater-corneredperpendicular
At right angles
head-on · aligned · straight · face-to-face · parallel
catercorner, catty-corner, catty-cornered, kitty-corner, kitty-cornered, cater, quarter, quarterly, quarters