SLOPED Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

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adjective

as in sloping

running in a slanting direction the sloped arrangement of the pictures along the staircase wall should follow the line of the banister

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verb

past tense of slope

as in tilted

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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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 Even the roof can be chosen in a flat, gable, or sloped style, with interior configurations to match. — Chaunie Brusie, Parents, 22 June 2026 His sloped shoulders suggested bodily power that was sleepy and sly; his large head and dark, badly cut hair amplified the weight and solidity of him, but his lips were sensitive and a little slack, as if yearning for something he’d been long deprived of. — Mary Gaitskill, New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2026 The sloped, landscaped half-acre lot offers a terrace and a two-car garage. — The Week Us, TheWeek, 30 Jan. 2026 This can prevent sloped roofs from shedding snow properly and cause snow to accumulate on flat or low-slope roofs, FEMA said. — Bailey Allen, The Providence Journal, 28 Jan. 2026 Each wing was connected to the main structure with long colonnades, hidden from street view by trees and sloped lawns. — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 9 Jan. 2026 Snipers set up on a very sloped roof on a suspect barricaded in a motel. — Harper’s Magazine, Harpers Magazine, 20 Aug. 2025

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Most ground is sloped and covered in loose gravel or ankle-twisting stones. — Ron Spomer, Outdoor Life, 19 Aug. 2026 Ensure your existing gutters are firmly secured, leak-free and properly sloped toward downspouts before mounting guards (a professional will do this as part of their initial assessment, too). — Nick Perry, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2026 Across from the bed, the ceiling sloped precipitously, with a dormer cut into it. — Rachel Yoder, New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2026 The coast is dotted with colorful fishing villages, while the region’s interior is made up of rolling green hills and gently sloped vineyards. — Tia Lovisa Moreira, Travel + Leisure, 2 July 2026 Most lawns are sloped to create clear drainage paths away from the home. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 But the fields that sloped toward the turquoise sea weren’t about to be cultivated with the vines of Merlot grapes or Regona cider apple trees or even acorns to be transmuted into jamón Ibérico. — Tamar Adler, Vogue, 3 June 2026 Eco effort The villas are mainly run on solar power (each villa’s roof is slightly sloped to accommodate these solar panels), and the resort is single plastic-free. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 June 2026 Leaking faucets, pipes, and air conditioning units should be repaired, and the ground next to the foundation should be sloped so that surface water drains away from the building. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 14 May 2026

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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

Definition of sloping

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Telling tilts To capture imagery of the impact site, LRO operators tilted the spacecraft so its cameras would point toward the target region each time the spacecraft passed about 60 miles (97 km) above the moon.

— Leonard David, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
River’s constantly tilted forward, against rain, sleet and wind.

— Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of tilted

Adjective

Summary The Chicago Cubs are currently shuffling their infield due to Dansby Swanson's oblique injury, moving Nico Hoerner to shortstop and Pedro Ramírez to second base.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
There was the oblique strain in early April that sidelined him for more than a month.

— Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 16 Aug. 2026

Definition of oblique

Verb

Sam’s head was bent low, his ear angled toward the mesh of their brown Stromberg-Carlson radio.

— Rozina Ali, New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2026
Its steel cladding was also intentional, with the tower appearing more like a twisting, angled sculpture than something that's trying to blend in with its surroundings.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of angled

Verb

So, lacking any clear, unambiguous guidance on the future of V2X networks, autonomous-car makers—like Waymo, Tesla, Zoox, and Cruise—have leaned more on self-reliance, bulking up each vehicle with as many sensors and GPUs as possible.

— IEEE Spectrum, IEEE Spectrum, 20 Aug. 2026
Not just anyone could pull off the beachy, free-spirited sandals, but her fashion sensibility has always leaned towards the ethereal and romantic.

— Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 Aug. 2026

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