BIASED Synonyms: 66 Similar and Opposite Words

biased 1 of 2

adjective

ˈbī-əst

Definition of biased

as in partial

inclined to favor one side over another in my admittedly biased opinion, my wife is always the prettiest woman in whatever room she graces

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biased

2 of 2

verb

variants or biassed

past tense of bias

as in turned

to cause to have often negative opinions formed without sufficient knowledge bad reviews biased her against the movie, even though it starred one of her favorite actors

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Recent Examples of biased

Adjective

The whole program was abandoned in 2025, with Meta claiming that expert judgments had come to be experienced as biased censorship. — Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026 What readers are saying The comments largely criticize the article as a biased attack on Maine Democrats, particularly Troy Jackson, while defending him against accusations of corruption. — Liz Goodwin, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026

Verb

In property operations, all facts and details must be traceable to their sources and require validation at field level, but generic AI models are often biased toward producing fluent, plausible output. — Pranit Banthia, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 Cox’s film is biased in Bill’s favor, portraying him as a lapdog whose love for this screeching, spiteful, beady-eyed woman is his great tragic flaw. — Katie Rife, IndieWire, 14 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for biased

Recent Examples of Synonyms for biased

Adjective

Their role becomes clear at 21-, 36- and 52-Across, where the clues solve to partial entries, which can be completed only by using the entry spaces of those dash clues.

— Sam Corbin, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Other partial successes include NATO’s intervention in Kosovo in 1999, in which a 78-day air campaign led Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic to withdraw his forces.

— Justin Bronk, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of partial

Adjective

That night, Lee goes to Ginger’s house to tell her what happened — about his hostile showdown with the rupidoop, about Brawny Dude With the Butter Candies checking out Lee’s van in the Boontill parking lot.

— Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2026
The trip to Leeds is another daunting assignment for United in what is usually a hostile atmosphere.

— ABC News, ABC News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of hostile

Verb

In 2024, New York’s highest court erased Weinstein’s conviction six years ago and ordered a new trial, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren’t part of the case.

— CNN Money, CNN Money, 23 Sep. 2026
But New York’s highest court erased those guilty verdicts in 2024, ruling that Weinstein was prejudiced by testimony from other women whose allegations weren’t part of the case.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of prejudiced

Adjective

Haloed in distorted guitar and jagged synths, Wolf comes off as a champion of her own avoidance, her heroism charmingly pathetic.

— Enzo Escober, Pitchfork, 9 Oct. 2026
Sometimes Paula chooses to turn the camera on herself, but the film is mostly composed of distorted moving images of contemporary Paris which, in many aspects, still looks like the version of Paris that Choi saw.

— Thomas Patier, Artforum, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of distorted

Verb

Viewers will come away convinced the world’s richest man mostly excels at self-promotion; they’ll also be frightened by the power he’s accrued.

— The Week US, TheWeek, 13 Oct. 2026
Back on Wall Street, Keirstead of UBS wasn’t convinced taking Workday private was necessary, reasonable, or even possible.

— Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of convinced

Adjective

On redistricting, Biss has said Democrats should match Republicans’ push for partisan gerrymandering.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026
Furthermore, if a Republican justice retires should Democrats win the Senate, the move will almost certainly be viewed as purely partisan.

— The Conversation, The Conversation, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of partisan

Verb

The suspect, identified as Tyler Robinson, was detained following a 33-hour manhunt after his parents recognized him from surveillance footage broadcast in the media and persuaded him to turn himself in.

— Mackenzie Chase, The Washington Examiner, 14 Oct. 2026
What finally persuaded Keitel was a lengthy passage written by Ferrara’s collaborator Zoë Lund, who also plays a woman with whom the lieutenant mainlines heroine.

— Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of persuaded

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