Meanings
adjectiveasymmetrical (comparative more asymmetrical, superlative most asymmetrical)
comparative more asymmetrical · superlative most asymmetrical
- Not symmetrical.
- Presenting a false dilemma, or a choice between two things which are not opposites.
Question six is asymmetrical: "Are things going in the right direction or on the wrong track?"
2000 May 10, Aaron Sorkin, “Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics”, in The West Wing, season 1, episode 21, spoken by Toby Ziegler (Richard Schiff)
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivecharacterized by asymmetry in the spatial arrangement or placement of parts or components
Opposite
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل, غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة
- غَيْر مُتَمَاثِل (ḡayr mutamāṯil)not symmetrical
- غَيْر مُتَمَاثِلَة (ḡayr mutamāṯila)not symmetrical
- غَيْر مُتَكَافِئ (ḡayr mutakāfiʔ)not symmetrical
- غَيْر مُتَكَافِئَة (ḡayr mutakāfiʔa)not symmetrical
Bulgarian несиметричен
- несиметричен (nesimetričen)not symmetrical
Catalan asimètric
- asimètricnot symmetrical
Chinese Mandarin 不對稱 /不对称
- 不對稱 /不对称 (bùduìchèn)not symmetrical
Czech asymetrický
- asymetrickýnot symmetrical
Danish asymmetrisk
- asymmetrisknot symmetrical
Dutch asymmetrisch
- asymmetrischnot symmetrical
Esperanto nesimetria
- nesimetrianot symmetrical
Finnish asymmetrinen, epäsymmetrinen
- asymmetrinennot symmetrical
- epäsymmetrinennot symmetrical
French asymétrique
- asymétriquenot symmetrical
German asymmetrisch
- asymmetrischnot symmetrical
Greek ασύμμετρος
- ασύμμετρος (asýmmetros)not symmetrical
Icelandic missamhverfur, mishverfur
- missamhverfurnot symmetrical
- mishverfurnot symmetrical
Italian asimetrico
- asimetriconot symmetrical
Japanese 非対称的
- 非対称的 (hi-taishō-teki)not symmetrical
Māori tipirori, hikuwaru
- tipirorinot symmetrical
- hikuwarunot symmetrical
- tipihorinot symmetrical
Norwegian Bokmål asymmetrisk
- asymmetrisknot symmetrical
Persian نامتقارن
- نامتقارن (nâ-moteqâren)not symmetrical
Polish asymetryczny, niesymetryczny
- asymetrycznynot symmetrical
- niesymetrycznynot symmetrical
Portuguese assimétrico
- assimétriconot symmetrical
Romanian asimetric, nesimetric
- asimetricnot symmetrical
- nesimetricnot symmetrical
Russian несимметри́чный
- несимметри́чный (nesimmetríčnyj)not symmetrical
Spanish asimétrico
- asimétriconot symmetrical
Swedish asymmetrisk, osymmetrisk
- asymmetrisknot symmetrical
- osymmetrisknot symmetrical
Tagalog diparianyuin, tabingi
- diparianyuinnot symmetrical
- tabinginot symmetrical
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APA
asymmetrical. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asymmetrical
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“asymmetrical.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asymmetrical. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “asymmetrical,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/asymmetrical.
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