n. 25B6; noun
a shop in the square : market square, marketplace, plaza, piazza.
(informal) you're such a square! : (OLD) FOGEY, conservative, traditionalist, conventionalist, conformist, bourgeois, fossil; Brit. museum piece; informal stick-in-the-mud, fuddy-duddy, back number, stuffed shirt.
trendy.
25B6; adjective
a square table : QUADRILATERAL, rectangular, oblong, right-angled, at right angles, perpendicular; straight, level, parallel, horizontal, upright, vertical, true, plane.
the sides were square at half-time : LEVEL, even, drawn, equal, tied; neck and neck, level pegging, nip and tuck, side by side, evenly matched; informal even-steven(s).
I'm going to be square with you : FAIR, honest, just, equitable, straight, true, upright, above board, ethical, decent, proper; informal on the level.
(informal) don't be square! : OLD-FASHIONED, behind the times, out of date, conservative, traditionalist, conventional, conformist, bourgeois, strait-laced, fogeyish, stuffy; informal stick-in-the-mud, fuddy-duddy.
crooked, uneven, underhand, trendy.
25B6; verb
the theory does not square with the data : AGREE, tally, be in agreement, be consistent, match up, correspond, fit, coincide, accord, conform, be compatible.
his goal squared the match 11 : LEVEL, even, make equal.
would you square up the bill? : PAY, settle, discharge, clear, meet.
(informal) they tried to square the press : BRIBE, buy off, buy, corrupt, suborn; informal grease someone's palm, give a backhander to.
Tom squared things with his boss : RESOLVE, sort out, settle, clear up, work out, iron out, smooth over, straighten out, deal with, put right, set right, put to rights, rectify, remedy; informal patch up.