kitty corner
Diagonal from here
Kitty corner means diagonally opposite, especially at an intersection: The pharmacy is kitty corner from the bank.
The phrase has nothing to do with cats—it comes from an old word for diagonal.
Also appears as kitty-corner, catty-corner, and cater-corner, with regional variation across the United States.
- diagonallyAt a slanting angle
- catawampusAskew or diagonal
- cornerwiseAcross opposing corners
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- angledTurned from perpendicular
on the bias · askew · opposite · across the street · slanted · off kilter · offset · diagonalwise · crosswise · wonky · close · near · intersection · skew-whiff · cockeyed · right angle · white elephant · rhombohedron
spatial orientation
kitty cornerperpendicular
At right angles
adjacent · next to · next door · beside · side by side
kitty, corner, corners, cornered, cornering, cater-corner, catercorner, catty-corner, cattycorner