Synonyms of sloped

sloped 1 of 2

adjective

as in sloping

running in a slanting direction

the sloped arrangement of the pictures along the staircase wall should follow the line of the banister

Synonyms & Similar Words

• sloping
• oblique
• leaning
• diagonal
• graded
• tilting
• tilted
• slanted
• slant
• pitched
• canted
• listing
• raked
• cant
• inclined
• slantwise

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• vertical
• horizontal
• level
• up-and-down
• parallel
• perpendicular
• plumb

sloped

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verb

past tense of slope

as in tilted

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tilted
• angled
• leaned
• inclined
• tipped
• cocked
• slanted
• canted
• listed
• heeled
• pitched
• banked
• deviated
• bent
• veered
• descended
• retreated
• swerved
• reclined
• declined

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattened
• straightened
• leveled
• evened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of sloped

Adjective

Common areas feature self-operating lifts or sloped entryways. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026

The Karine armchair has some serious potential to become your new favorite chair with its sloped arms and relaxed silhouette, energized by a mellow shade of green. — Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 6 July 2026

Even the roof can be chosen in a flat, gable, or sloped style, with interior configurations to match. — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 22 June 2026

His sloped shoulders suggested bodily power that was sleepy and sly; his large head and dark, badly cut hair amplified the weight and solidity of him, but his lips were sensitive and a little slack, as if yearning for something he’d been long deprived of. — Mary Gaitskill, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026

The sloped, landscaped half-acre lot offers a terrace and a two-car garage. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 30 Jan. 2026

This can prevent sloped roofs from shedding snow properly and cause snow to accumulate on flat or low-slope roofs, FEMA said. — Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026

Each wing was connected to the main structure with long colonnades, hidden from street view by trees and sloped lawns. — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026

Snipers set up on a very sloped roof on a suspect barricaded in a motel. — Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

Verb

Ensure your existing gutters are firmly secured, leak-free and properly sloped toward downspouts before mounting guards (a professional will do this as part of their initial assessment, too). — Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026

Across from the bed, the ceiling sloped precipitously, with a dormer cut into it. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026

The coast is dotted with colorful fishing villages, while the region’s interior is made up of rolling green hills and gently sloped vineyards. — Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026

Most lawns are sloped to create clear drainage paths away from the home. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

But the fields that sloped toward the turquoise sea weren’t about to be cultivated with the vines of Merlot grapes or Regona cider apple trees or even acorns to be transmuted into jamón Ibérico. — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 3 June 2026

Eco effort The villas are mainly run on solar power (each villa’s roof is slightly sloped to accommodate these solar panels), and the resort is single plastic-free. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026

Leaking faucets, pipes, and air conditioning units should be repaired, and the ground next to the foundation should be sloped so that surface water drains away from the building. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 May 2026

The roof is sloped to encourage drainage that prevents water and debris from piling up, and is broken up into two levels to allow for an open ventilation panel to let hot air escape while keeping rainwater out. — Maggie Horton, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026