BINARY Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

binary

adjective

as in dual

consisting of two members or parts that are usually joined a binary star is a system of two stars that revolve around each other under their mutual gravitation

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Recent Examples of binary The relationship between democracy and autocracy is a spectrum, not a binary; for example, countries like Venezuela, Nicaragua, Turkey and Hungary still hold elections, but their leaders aren't held meaningfully accountable by them (or by other mechanisms like the courts). —

Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 21 Jan. 2025 Among the experts asserting otherwise are the American Medical Association and the American Psychiatric Association, which stipulate that gender is not a two sizes-fit-all binary structure. —

Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 20 Jan. 2025 Republican administrations typically have a binary effect on the art world. —

The Editors Of Artnews, ARTnews.com, 2 Jan. 2025 As Parker pointed out, many stars are born with a binary partner from the same cloud and become binary stars. —

Robert Lea, Space.com, 24 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for binary