Synonyms of tilted

tilted 1 of 2

adjective

1

as in oblique

inclined or twisted to one side

stared at me with a tilted head and a quizzical look

Synonyms & Similar Words

• oblique
• uneven
• crooked
• tipping
• skewed
• slanted
• pitched
• lopsided
• distorted
• slanting
• listing
• askew
• out of plumb
• awry
• cockeyed
• crazy
• aslant
• slantwise
• atilt
• off-kilter
• asymmetrical
• unbalanced
• unsymmetrical
• contorted
• cock-a-hoop
• disordered
• irregular

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• straight
• level
• even
• uniform
• regular
• balanced
• orderly
• symmetrical
• ordered

2

as in leaning

running in a slanting direction

the floors of the old house were tilted slightly

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

tilted

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verb

past tense of tilt

as in sloped

to set or cause to be at an angle

the robin tilts its head as it hunts for worms in the grass

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flattened
• straightened
• leveled
• evened

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tilted

Adjective

The tilted surfaces were mostly chosen to mimic raindrops in the real world. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

But analysts say risks to oil prices remain tilted to the upside. — CNBC, 13 Aug. 2026

Compared with tilted plastic rafts used in warmer climates, this design attaches flexible solar panels directly to thick, waterproof foam sheets, reducing wind exposure. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 June 2026

California Democrats got so good at gerrymandering that by the 1980s, the wildly tilted maps had become a political issue themselves. — Chris Stirewalt, The Hill, 24 Apr. 2026

The Escalade also offers a large head up display and a tilted control panel to provide quick access to climate and other functions. — Scotty Reiss, Parents, 24 Feb. 2026

Naturally, Uranus' tilted rotation has a part to play in how auroral activity manifests on the planet. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 24 Feb. 2026

Your stairs are nothing more than a narrow, tilted floor, much like a child’s slide at a playground. — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026

Litchfield is lauded for its sparkling waterfalls, and Collins swooped at a tilted angle over cascading wonders. — Norma Meyer, Oc Register, 26 Nov. 2025

Verb

Data, though, suggested the strange feature may have first formed earlier and didn't become visible until Saturn's southern hemisphere tilted back into Earth's view. — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

The way that Saturn's axis is tilted meant that the ringed planet's southern hemisphere was not visible from Earth from 2012 to 2023. — Charles Q. Choi, Space.com, 2 Sep. 2026

For now, however, fears that public opinion has tilted toward China are overblown. — Adam Y. Liu, Foreign Affairs, 2 Sep. 2026

The researchers suspect the bizarre atmospheric phenomenon may have formed between 2017 and 2023, when Saturn’s south pole was tilted away from Earth and therefore out of view. — ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

That’s what happened at this year’s Berlinale, where arguments over the war in Gaza — and whether the festival tilted too pro-Israel or too pro-Palestinian — crowded out any real discussion of cinema. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 2 Sep. 2026

River’s constantly tilted forward, against rain, sleet and wind. — Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

During the summer, the Northern Hemisphere is tilted towards the sun. — Zoe Mintz, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

Hip-hop tilted the pop axis at the turn of the millennium and remains an arbiter of its taste. — Shauna Lyon, New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2026