/ Thesaurus / A Synonyms of alidad Find synonyms for: Noun1. alidade, alidad, surveying instrument, surveyor's instrumentusage: surveying instrument consisting of the upper movable part of a theodolite including the telescope and its attachments2. alidade, alidad, surveying instrument, surveyor's instrumentusage: surveying instrument used with a plane table for drawing lines of sight on a distant object and for measuring anglesWordNet 3.0 Copyright © 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. Related Content Daily Word Quiz: labyrinth Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Spelling Bee: Today’s Spelling Bee Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language