SLOPE Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

as in incline

the degree to which something rises up from a position level with the horizon the next stretch of the trail had a gentle slope which made it easier to climb

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verb

as in to tilt

to set or cause to be at an angle they sloped our new driveway too steeply and now my car scrapes bottom whenever I back out onto the street

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Noun

The Superiore designation is limited to whites from the Milo area on the volcano’s eastern slope. —

Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2024 Certain hillside slopes/medians in the city and our oldest neighborhoods need landscaping; even the post office needs updating. —

Heather McRea, Orange County Register, 4 Oct. 2024

Verb

To hide the radiators and air conditioning, Andrew constructed a sloping bench beneath the window to look out to the home’s real star: an oblique view of the East River. —

Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 10 July 2024 Along the Gulf of Mexico, wide, gently sloping continental shelves make the coastline more vulnerable to water piling up. —

Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for slope

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