Synonyms of sloping

sloping 1 of 2

adjective

as in sloped

running in a slanting direction

a sloping ray of light that illuminates the painting's central figure is symbolic of heavenly inspiration

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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sloping

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verb

present participle of slope

as in tilting

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

• tilting
• leaning
• angling
• inclining
• slanting
• tipping
• cocking
• listing
• pitching
• canting
• heeling
• bending
• deviating
• banking
• descending
• retreating
• veering
• reclining
• declining
• swerving

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• evening
• flattening
• straightening
• leveling
• levelling

• evening
• flattening
• straightening
• leveling
• levelling