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slanted

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of slanted

1 inclined or twisted to one side
  • a slanted fence post
Synonyms of slanted

askew, aslant, atilt, awry, cock-a-hoop, cockeyed, crazy, crooked, listing, lopsided, oblique, off-kilter, pitched, skewed, slanting, slantwise, tilted, tipping, uneven
Words Related to slanted

asymmetrical (or asymmetric), unbalanced, unsymmetrical

contorted, disordered, distorted, irregular
Phrases Synonymous with slanted

out of plumb (or off plumb)
Near Antonyms of slanted

ordered, orderly, regular, uniform

balanced, symmetrical (or symmetric)
Antonyms of slanted

even, level, straight
2 running in a slanting direction
  • slanted stripes
Synonyms of slanted

cant, canted, diagonal, graded, inclined, leaning, listing, oblique, pitched, raked, slant, slantwise, sloped, sloping, tilted, tilting
Near Antonyms of slanted

horizontal, level

plumb, up-and-down, vertical

parallel, perpendicular

slanted

verb , past tense of slant

Synonyms and Antonyms of slanted

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
  • reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda
Synonyms of slanted

bent, colored, cooked, distorted, falsified, fudged, garbled, misinterpreted, misrelated, misrepresented, misstated, perverted, twisted, warped
Words Related to slanted

misdescribed, misspoke, mistranslated

belied, camouflaged, disguised, dissembled, glossed (over), masked, veiled, whitewashed

bowdlerized, censored

complicated, confounded, confused, mistook, mixed (up)

mystified, obscured

equivocated, fibbed, lied, paltered, prevaricated
Near Antonyms of slanted

clarified, cleared (up), explained, illuminated, illustrated, interpreted, spelled out

deciphered
2 to set or cause to be at an angle
  • a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle
Synonyms of slanted

angled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, leaned, listed, pitched, sloped, tilted, tipped
Words Related to slanted

banked

bent, deviated, swerved, veered

declined, descended, reclined, retreated
Near Antonyms of slanted

evened, flattened, leveled (or levelled), straightened

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