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Slanted
[slant, slahnt] 
| Main Entry: |
slant
[slant, slahnt]
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| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | angle off, slope |
| Synonyms: | aim, bank, beam, bend, bevel, cant, decline, descend, deviate, direct, diverge, grade, heel, incline, lean, level, lie obliquely, list, point, skew, splay, swerve, tilt, tip, train, veer |
| Antonyms: | even, level |
| Main Entry: | slanted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | at a slant |
| Synonyms: | aslope, oblique |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | aim |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | point or direct at a goal |
| Synonyms: | address, angle, aspire, attempt, cast, concentrate, contemplate, covet, design, direct, endeavor, essay, fix, focus, intend, level, mean, plan, propose, purpose, set one's sights on, sight, slant, steer, strive, target, train, try, want, wish, zero in on, zoom in |
| Main Entry: | angular |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bent |
| Synonyms: | V-shaped, Y-shaped, akimbo, bifurcate, cornered, crooked, crossing, crotched, divaricate, forked, intersecting, jagged, oblique, sharp-cornered, skewed, slanted, staggered, zigzag |
| Antonyms: | straight |
| Main Entry: | askew |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crooked |
| Synonyms: | askance, askant, aslant, awry, bent, buckled, catawampus, cockeyed, crookedly, curved, knotted, lopsided, oblique, obliquely, off-center, slanted, slanting, to one side, topsy-turvey, turned, twisted, yaw ways, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean or tilt |
| Synonyms: | bend, camber, cant, incline, pitch, slant, slope |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cause to favor |
| Synonyms: | distort, incline, influence, make partial, prejudice, prepossess, slant, sway, twist, warp, weight |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Antonyms: | be fair, be impartial, be just |
| Main Entry: | bigoted |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intolerant, prejudiced |
| Synonyms: | biased, chauvinistic, dogmatic, narrow, narrow-minded, obstinate, opinionated, partial, partisan, sectarian, slanted, small-minded, twisted, unfair, warped |
| Antonyms: | broad-minded, fair, humanitarian, just, open-minded, tolerant, unprejudiced |
| Main Entry: | color |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | distort, exaggerate |
| Synonyms: | angle*, belie, cook up, disguise, doctor*, embroider, fake, falsify, fudge, garble, gloss over, magnify, misrepresent, misstate, overstate, pad, pervert, prejudice, slant*, taint, twist*, warp |
| Antonyms: | be truthful, represent |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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