TILTS Synonyms: 31 Similar and Opposite Words

tilts 1 of 2

noun

plural of tilt

as in bends

the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle indicated her approval with a slight tilt of her head

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tilts

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of tilt

as in slopes

to set or cause to be at an angle the robin tilts its head as it hunts for worms in the grass

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Recent Examples of tilts

Noun

In 2024, Kansas City went 11-0 in tilts decided by eight points or fewer. —

Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 10 Mar. 2026 But the idea is that putting on clothes that are more formal tilts you more towards that abstract side. —

Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 There were three separate tilts in the first nine seconds of the game — first Matthew took on Canadian forward Brandon Hagel. —

Becky Sullivan, NPR, 18 Feb. 2026 Warhorses charge, lances down, crashing through the tilts as lances break on shields and men topple from their steeds. —

Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026 The Kings will kiss off the Pacific briefly after these two games, but will play five straight intradivision tilts spread across the beginning and end of the Olympic break next month. —

Andrew Knoll, Oc Register, 15 Jan. 2026 But their messages avoid stark class attacks on billionaires and are more aimed at winning over swing voters rather than recruiting new supporters with progressive tilts. —

Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 4 Nov. 2025 In Korea’s case, those economic issue include the immigration raid at a Hyundai plant in Georgia that saw hundreds of South Koreans detained; and in Japan’s by a trade deal with Washington that some analysts say tilts in the US’s favor. —

Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 16 Sep. 2025 The warps also mimic the tilts of the orbits of the planets in our solar system. —

Keith Cooper, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025

Verb

Are their head tilts just subconscious at this point? —

Max Gao, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 Mowing your lawn at a 4-inch height rather than scalping it at 2-inches tall tilts the competitive advantage in favor of the grass over the weeds. —

Paul Cappiello, Louisville Courier Journal, 3 Apr. 2026 To perform forward motion, the two rear rotors increase speed while the front rotors simultaneously reduce speed, creating an imbalance that tilts the drone and propels it forward. —

Etiido Uko march 30, New Atlas, 30 Mar. 2026 The public mood is dark, the president is underwater, and the congressional ballot already tilts toward the opposition. —

Dan Gooding, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Mar. 2026 Yet the very momentum that drives this progress also tilts the scales. —

Shai Tubali, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026 Because of this tilt, there are times half of our planet tilts toward the sun, and the other tilts away, according to NCEI. —

Alex Perry, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Mar. 2026 Above the galleries, where the new towerlet leans back and tilts its face to the sun, the firm has built a three-dimensional puzzle out of triangular pieces. —

Justin Davidson, Curbed, 19 Mar. 2026 Beginning with the March vernal equinox, the Northern Hemisphere tilts toward the sun until June's summer solstice, when the sun starts to move back south, according to the Old Farmer's Almanac. —

Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 15 Mar. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for tilts

Noun

As the temperature drops, the cold causes the protein to shift into a more stable state in which one of its key structural pillars bends sharply, breaks away from its neighbor and straightens out.

— Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 25 Mar. 2026
By contrast, the second joint in each leg bends readily, but only sideways and outward, favoring efficient lateral locomotion.

— Manjishtha Bhattacharyya, Encyclopedia Britannica, 20 Mar. 2026