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axis has 3 distinct synonyms spread across 3 of its 6 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. WordNet records no antonym for it — antonymy is a relation between word forms rather than concepts, so it is deliberately sparse.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a straight line through a body or figure that satisfies certain conditions
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for axis come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.
in World War II the alliance of Germany and Italy in 1936 which later included Japan and other nations
“the Axis opposed the Allies in World War II”
the 2nd cervical vertebra; serves as a pivot for turning the head
the center around which something rotates