Entry Word: slant

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon <the road has just enough of a slant to make bicycling up it a little strenuous>

Synonyms cant, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, slope, tilt, upgrade

Related Words ascent, bank, climb, rise

Near Antonyms declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, fall, receding

2 a way of looking at or thinking about something <an interesting slant on the problem of underage drinking> — see point of view