slopes

NOUN

slant, tilt

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hill ramp shelf

STRONG

abruptness bank bend bevel bias cant declination declivity deflection descent deviation diagonal downgrade gradient inclination incline lean leaning obliqueness obliquity pitch rise skew steepness swag sway tip

WEAK

rising ground

Antonyms

STRONG

upgrade

WEAK

evenness level

VERB

slant, tilt

Synonyms

STRONG

angle ascend bank bevel cant descend dip drop fall heel incline lean list pitch rake recline rise shelve skew splay tip

WEAK

drop away

Antonyms

STRONG

decline do forget go up lower straighten

WEAK

even level

Example Sentences

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Elephant seals crowd its beaches, king penguins climb its green slopes, and albatrosses glide above the open landscape.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2026

Luis Cardona, the Colombian visitor, has no plans to hit the slopes but assures that, virus or no virus, he would "have no problem returning" to Ushuaia.

From Barron's • May 12, 2026

They ejected over 100-foot trees and on muddy hillsides with 45-degree slopes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

Snow sometimes dusts the surrounding slopes, melting by afternoon into damp earth as manzanita and mountain lilac begin to flower.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 7, 2026

No more inns now, among these appalling slopes of snow and granite.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin