Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slant, tilt |
| Synonyms: | angle, ascend, bank, bevel, cant, descend, dip, drop, drop away, fall, heel, incline, lean, list, pitch, rake, recline, rise, shelve, skew, splay, tip |
| Antonyms: | even, level |
| Main Entry: | throw |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | propel something through the air |
| Synonyms: | bandy, barrage, bombard, buck, bunt, butt, cant, cast, catapult, chuck, dash, deliver, discharge, dislodge, drive, fell, fire, flick, fling, fling off, flip, floor, force, heave, hurl, impel, lapidate, launch, let fly, let go, lift, lob, overturn, overwhelm, peg, pellet, pelt, pepper, pitch, precipitate, project, push, put, scatter, send, shove, shower, shy, sling, splatter, spray, sprinkle, start, stone, strew, thrust, toss, tumble, unhorse, unseat, upset, volley, waft |
| Antonyms: | catch, receive |
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lean, slope |
| Synonyms: | angle, cant, dip, drop, fall, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, leaning, list, pitch, rake, slant, slide |
| Main Entry: | tilt |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lean, slant |
| Synonyms: | bend, cant, careen, dip, heel, incline, list, lurch, pitch, rake, recline, seesaw, set at an angle, shift, slope, slouch, swag, sway, tip, turn, yaw |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | tip |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | knock over; cause to lean |
| Synonyms: | bend, cant, capsize, careen, dump, empty, heel, incline, lean, list, overset, overturn, pour, recline, shift, slant, slope, spill, tilt, topple, topple over, turn over, unload, upend, upset, upturn |
| Antonyms: | straighten |
| Main Entry: | vernacular |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | native language |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, dialect, idiom, jargon, jive talk, language, lingo, lingua franca, native tongue, parlance, patois, patter, phraseology, slang, speech, street talk, tongue |
| Main Entry: | vocabulary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | language of a person or people |
| Synonyms: | cant, dictionary, glossary, jargon, lexicon, palaver, phraseology, terminology, thesaurus, word-hoard, word-stock, wordbook, words |
| Main Entry: | intone |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | utter |
| Synonyms: | articulate, cant, chant, croon, modulate, recite, sing |
| Main Entry: | patois |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | jargon |
| Synonyms: | argot, cant, dialect, idiom, lingo, slang, vernacular |
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