Related Searches
Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, approach, ascent, cant, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tilt |
| Main Entry: | ascent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upward slope |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, grade, gradient, incline, ramp, rise |
| Antonyms: | decline, descent |
| Main Entry: | bias |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | diagonal weave of fabric |
| Synonyms: | angle, cant, cross, incline, oblique, slant |
| Notes: | a person's bias is based on facts, but prejudice occurs without a person knowing or examining the facts |
| Main Entry: | chute |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ramp, slope |
| Synonyms: | channel, course, fall, gutter, incline, rapid, runway, slide, trough |
| Notes: | a chute is a sloping channel through which things can descend; shoot, as a noun, is a sprout, a bud, young leaf, or other new growth on a plant; shoot, as a verb, means to hit with a missile from a weapon - fire a shot - make a film or photograph of something - move quickly and violently |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downward change in value, position |
| Synonyms: | declivity, decrease, depression, descent, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall-off, hill, incline, lapse, loss, lowering, pitch, sag, slide, slip, slope, slump |
| Notes: | one declines (or accepts) something that is offered; one refuses (or agrees) to accept something offered |
| Antonyms: | ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving down; lowering |
| Synonyms: | cave-in, coast, coming down, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop-off, fall, falling, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, plummeting, plunge, plunging, precipitation, prolapse, sag, settlement, sinkage, sinking, slant, slide, slip, slope, swoop, tailspin, topple, tumble |
| Antonyms: | ascension, ascent, elevation, increase, rise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | dip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | depression; decline |
| Synonyms: | basin, concavity, declivity, descent, downslide, downswing, downtrend, drop, fall, fall-off, hole, hollow, inclination, incline, lowering, pitch, sag, sink, sinkage, sinkhole, slip, slope, slump |
| Antonyms: | ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | descent; lowering |
| Synonyms: | abatement, belly flop, cut, decline, declivity, decrease, diminution, dip, dive, downgrade, downward slope, drop, dwindling, ebb, falling off, header, incline, lapse, lessening, nose dive, plummet, plunge, pratfall, recession, reduction, slant, slip, slope, slump, spill, tumble |
| Antonyms: | ascent, climb, rise, scaling |
| Main Entry: | gradient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, angle, bank, cant, declivity, grade, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, pitch, ramp, rise, slant, tilt |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2013 Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
