CROSSED Synonyms: 98 Similar and Opposite Words

crossed 1 of 2

adjective

as in outcrossed

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crossed

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verb

past tense of cross

as in betrayed

to be unfaithful or disloyal to people who cross the local mob boss usually are found floating in the river

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as in intersected

to divide by passing through or across there's a light where that street crosses Main Street

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as in traversed

to make one's way through, across, or over you may have to cross some woods on the way

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as in struck

to enter the mind of the idea did cross me that he might be pulling my leg

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Recent Examples of crossed

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Video circulating on social media showed a drone striking the bridge and exploding as vehicles crossed. — Arkansas Online, 5 Oct. 2026 Last month, the yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury crossed 5%, the highest yield on that security since the summer of 2007, near the start of the financial crisis and the Great Recession. — Zach Halaschak, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026 Of the crude that crossed Hormuz in August, more than 70% changed tankers offshore. — Jason Ma, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2026 Video circulating on social media showed the drone flying into the bridge and the explosion as vehicles crossed. — ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026 The researchers placed them inside YbSb₂ and watched how their spins changed as the material crossed into its superconducting state. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 3 Oct. 2026 Quarterback Amari Odom pushed forward to get the very last few inches Syracuse needed, confirmed by replay that the crossed the plane. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 3 Oct. 2026 Berger spent a year and a half at the company from 1994, where his paths crossed with Basner. — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Sep. 2026 She was denied asylum under a Biden-era border policy that restricted eligibility for many migrants who crossed the southern border outside official pathways. — Mick Krever, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossed

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The alien spends much of the runtime going by the alias of John Carpenter (Jesus's profession, same initials), and is ultimately betrayed by someone close to him, Helen's sleazy boyfriend Tom (Hugh Marlowe), fulfilling Judas's role in the story.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 2 Oct. 2026
The nature of the event has many MAHA leaders feeling betrayed.

— Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of betrayed

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The two families’ lives intersected once again in their dedication to fight for independence for the Baltic states in the early 1960s.

— Livi Stanford, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026
From 2021 to 2022, NFT trading intersected with the contemporary art world most dramatically at major auction houses.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of intersected

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The Firebrand and the First Lady demonstrates that the early civil rights movement was built on a foundation of deep, complicated, long-term relationships which traversed the boundaries of both race and class.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 2 Oct. 2026
Some days, fewer than ten ships traversed the strait—far fewer than in peacetime, when between 130 and 150 commercial vessels would make the passage each day.

— RICHARD HAASS, Foreign Affairs, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of traversed

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As a sheriff’s deputies arrived at the scene, a second vehicle struck the Thaxton, according to the post.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 5 Oct. 2026
Davidson struck me as being fearful, clinging to a handful of ugly stories about trans people as a sign of things to come in women-only spaces.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 5 Oct. 2026

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What Brian and Dougal don’t know is that Lovat has actually double-crossed the MacKenzies; Lovat has secretly aligned with the Crown to betray the Jacobite forces, marching both men directly into a deadly trap.

— Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Things go awry when he’s double-crossed.

— Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026

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The choice of chartreuse — a borderline putrid shade of it, no less — walked an appropriate tightrope between glamorous and grotesque.

— Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
The lefty struck out three and walked four over two scoreless innings in his major-league debut, earning the win and aiding the Sox in a 5-3 victory.

— Chicago Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of walked

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Barra has since navigated a global pandemic, tariffs and supply-chain chaos, and the rise of AI as an unstoppable and industry-shaking force.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026
Accessibility The resort does not have any ADA-compliant villas, and there are some steps throughout the property navigated typically by golf cart.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026