Synonyms for slope
Definitions
- n. 1
An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
I had to climb a small slope to get to the site.
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- slopes → inclines, gradients, hills, tilts…
Choose the right word
Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hill A banking scandal is sweeping across Capitol Hill.
- tilt I tilt my head. Not the pawn, but the knight?
- gradient The height and gradient can be adjusted.
- incline Akin to someone driving a donkey up an incline.
- rake They rake the sand to make it look like paradise.
By length
- 3 letters
- tip1
- 4 letters
- side1, bank1, fall1, hill1, cant1, lean1, tilt1, rake1
- 5 letters
- grade1, slant1
- 6 letters
- shelve1
- 7 letters
- decline2, descent2, incline2, recline2
- 8 letters
- gradient3, shelving2
- 9 letters
- obliquity, declivity, acclivity
- 10 letters
- embankment3
- 11 letters
- inclination4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (decline2 = 2 syllables).