RECLINED Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

reclined

verb

past tense of recline

as in tilted

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as in lay (down)

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Telling tilts To capture imagery of the impact site, LRO operators tilted the spacecraft so its cameras would point toward the target region each time the spacecraft passed about 60 miles (97 km) above the moon.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
River’s constantly tilted forward, against rain, sleet and wind.

— Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of tilted

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The absence of privacy in these open rooms was a nonissue for the Romans, who also slept, ate, and bathed in view of one another.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 27 Aug. 2026
When a wildfire threatens a community, most people don’t think to ask whether the firefighters coming to help slept enough the night before, recovered from the previous day’s shift or have enough energy left for another day on the fire line.

— Julian L. Gallegos, The Conversation, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of slept

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The record leaned into self-reflection and self-preservation informed by a divorce, his introduction to fatherhood, and an exploration of his Mexican roots through his signature alternative R&B sound.

— Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2026
My last submission was a speculative story that leaned more horror, which is a new style for me.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of leaned

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His legal team couched the City Council’s move to weaken the mayor’s authority and strip him of privileges as a petty effort to unseat the youngest mayor in the city’s history, and one who has questioned their leadership.

— Reed Williams, AJC.com, 29 July 2026
Yet every bit of critique was couched as serving a larger goal for both of them.

— Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of couched

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The team raised the vehicle’s rear hatch and angled it toward the sun throughout the day.

— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
In another photo, Hoffman—who’s an Emmy-winning writer and comedian—put a white heart emoji over Windey’s nipples as her wife angled her body towards her.

— Lara Walsh, InStyle, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of angled

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