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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Recent Examples of sloping

Adjective

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

Verb

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

Definition of sloped

Verb

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

Adjective

Rookie Cameron Carr is out and day-to-day because of a right oblique strain.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2026
The Lakers were without new guard Collin Sexton (calf) and first-round pick Cameron Carr (oblique), and swingman Jake LaRavia left the court limping in the fourth quarter.

— CBS News, CBS News, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of oblique

Verb

In the West, companies like to stay private a little longer, but Asian firms are leaning toward a more accelerated timeline, according to Lee, senior managing partner at Granite Asia.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 20 Oct. 2026
But a crop of Senate candidates in more conservative-leaning states like Iowa, Texas, Kansas and Ohio, and Democratic hopefuls in newly competitive House districts, have surged in polls and fundraising.

— Stephen Fowler, NPR, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of leaning

Adjective

Denim is a sturdy cotton textile that is woven in a twill pattern, creating a distinctive diagonal rib on the fabric’s surface.

— Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Step 5 Arrange cornflake mixture and marshmallows over top of purée in alternating diagonal stripes.

— Zoe Denenberg, Bon Appetit Magazine, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of diagonal

Verb

Witkoff’s visit to Russia comes amid mounting fears in Kyiv that Washington is angling to end the war on Moscow’s terms.

— Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026
The others were ruffians, teasers, always angling to drink whatever was left in some grownup’s glass.

— George Saunders, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026

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