Meanings
alternative cattycorner · alternative catty-cornered · alternative cattycornered · alternative kitty-corner
- CanadaUSnot comparableSynonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
He takes the Brewer turnoff off the Pike and the road takes him through the town where he first bought gas. As he takes the road marked BREWER 16 he can see cattycornered across the main street the dirtdigger's pumps and his dark window full of glinting shovels and fishing rods.
1960, John Updike, 'Rabbit, Run', page 35Synonyms: cater-corner
alternative cattycorner · alternative catty-cornered · alternative cattycornered · alternative kitty-corner
- CanadaUSnot comparableSynonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from one another.
Synonyms: cater-corner
Synonyms & antonyms
adverbSynonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from.
adjectiveSynonym of cater-corner: diagonally across from one another.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveslanted across a polygon on a diagonal line
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Corruption of cater-corner under influence from catty.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
catty-corner. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catty-corner
“catty-corner.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catty-corner. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “catty-corner,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/catty-corner.
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