SLOPING Synonyms: 45 Similar and Opposite Words

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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

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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

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Gates open to a sloping, 700-foot-long driveway that passes by whimsical sculptures before arriving at a spacious cobblestone motor court. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 3 Aug. 2026 There was a casual feel in Memorial Auditorium in the hour before game time, as children kicked a ball around on the auditorium’s sloping floor. — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 7 July 2026 Watch for soft spots on floors, uneven or sloping flooring, cracks in walls and warped materials. — Ryan Brennan may 8, Kansas City Star, 8 May 2026 As part of his new collection for the brand, Arnold unveiled a new shape—a slightly sloping, almost smile-like pleat that’s simultaneously nonchalant and fully sophisticated. — Kate McGregor, Architectural Digest, 13 Feb. 2026 Their test setup involved a ramp containing sand to simulate sloping dunes on Mars. — Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2025

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Any normal mattress would’ve been an improvement over our current one, a sub-$300 queen-size nightmare of sloping sides and too-springy springs. — Jaklin Romine oct. 15, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026 The brush was flattened and rivulets of water ran back toward the sound, which was now miraculously some 100 yards away down a sloping bank. — Gerald R. Hunter, Outdoor Life, 15 Oct. 2026 There is a 60% chance that it will be unpinned by the end of the century, the study found, after which the glacier is likely to retreat quickly down the sloping bedrock toward the next major ridge. — Laura Paddison, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026 The backstory Seminary Hill Catskills is named after the south-sloping hillside with stunning views of the Delaware River Valley where it's situated, home to a now-shuttered former seminary. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Oct. 2026 On the weekly chart, JPM is testing a critical uptrend line that also represents the lower boundary of an upward-sloping channel dating back to its 2022 low. — Frank Cappelleri, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 Birds chirp in the tree branches above, and a large yellow butterfly alights on a leaf before flapping away into the sloping sunshine. — Sophie Neiman, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026 As the moon moves eastwards along that low-sloping path, much of its nightly movement is sideways along the horizon rather than steeply down below it. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 25 Sep. 2026 McConnell and Florjancic blasted tee shots on the 414-yard par-4, leaving both within 100 yards of the steep, downhill-sloping green. — Harris Horowitz, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for sloping

Adjective

Following their 1967 nuptials, Elvis and Priscilla spent their honeymoon in Palm Springs at William Krisel’s House of Tomorrow, a 4,695-square-foot modernist abode sectioned off into four circular spaces under a long, sloped roof.

— Katie Schultz, Architectural Digest, 18 Aug. 2026
Common areas feature self-operating lifts or sloped entryways.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 July 2026

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Technological dominance has been tilting toward Moscow of late, exposing Ukraine’s vulnerability to Russia’s relentlessly modernizing war machine.

— Gerard Toal, The Conversation, 16 Oct. 2026
Hollywood’s center of gravity is increasingly tilting to the East Coast.

— Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of tilting

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At best, the invitation to become a white-leader draws an oblique link between white paint and the discourse of racial discrimination.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Reaves missed those games — and his shot at his first All-NBA and All-Star selections — because of right groin soreness in November, a left calf strain in December and January, and a left oblique strain in April.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of oblique

Verb

The others were ruffians, teasers, always angling to drink whatever was left in some grownup’s glass.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026
The free-agent signing who is angling for a starting position has played a team-high 97 minutes in four preseason games.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026

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