Cross and Foil

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Cross

Cross verb - Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.

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Foil is a synonym for cross in oppose topic. In some cases you can use "Foil" instead a verb "Cross", when it comes to topics like activity, allow, betray. popular alternative

Nearby Words: crossing, crossed, crossbar, crosscut, crossover

Foil

Foil verb - Hinder or prevent (the efforts, plans, or desires) of.

Usage example: foil your opponent

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Cross is a synonym for foil in activity topic. You can use "Cross" instead a verb "Foil", if it concerns topics such as allow. popular alternative

Nearby Words: foiled, foiling

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How words are described

good	good cross	good foil
perfect	perfect cross	perfect foil
complete	complete cross	complete foil
original	original cross	original foil
Other adjectives: simple, big, great, wooden, cool, golden, shiny.

Common collocations

time	cross time	foil time
way	cross way	foil way
king	cross king	foil king

Both words in one sentence

While there, they manage to foil bank robbers from escaping by blowing up the bridge they were about to cross with their eye lasers.

Source: Protagonist-Centered Morality
As he settled down for the night he suddenly heard an ungodly noise coming from the tower the monk mentioned, a cross between screaming and the wind on aluminum foil.

Source: Shaggy Dog Story / Jokes
In early episodes, he had a straw liberal foil played by David Cross who was so obsessed with not offending anyone that he could barely function at all.

Source: Straw Character

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Foil and Cross. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/foil

Cross & Foil. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cross/foil>.

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