MULTILATERAL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does multilateral mean? 

• MULTILATERAL (adjective)
  The adjective MULTILATERAL has 1 sense:

1. having many parts or sides

  Familiarity information: MULTILATERAL used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MULTILATERAL (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Having many parts or sides

Synonyms:

many-sided; multilateral

Similar:

ten-sided (having ten sides)

three-party; three-way; tripartite (involving three parties or elements)

three-sided; triangular; trilateral (having three sides)

palmately-lobed (having lobes radiating from a central point)

many-lobed (having many lobes)

five-lobed (having five lobes)

four-lobed (having four lobes)

three-lobed (having three lobes)

three-cornered (involving a group or set of three)

tetramerous (having or consisting of four similar parts; tetramerous flowers)

four-party; quadripartite (involving four parties)

twelve-sided (having twelve sides)

eleven-sided (having eleven sides)

bilateral; two-sided (having two sides or parts)

nine-sided (having nine sides)

eight-sided (having eight sides)

seven-sided (having seven sides)

six-sided (having six sides)

five-sided (having five sides)

four-sided; quadrilateral (having four sides)

multipartite (involving more than two parties)

joint (involving both houses of a legislature)

bipartite; two-part; two-way (involving two parts or elements)

two-lobed (having two lobes)

deep-lobed (having deep bilateral lobes)

Antonym:

unilateral (involving only one part or side)