Antonyms for incline
ɪnˈklaɪn; ˈɪn klaɪn, ɪnˈklaɪnin·cline

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1. incline

   In some cases a thing is spoken of as bent where the parts make an angle; but oftener to bend is understood to be to draw to or through a curve; as, to bend a bow. To submit or yield is to bend the mind humbly to another's wishes. To incline or influence is to bend another's wishes toward our own; to persuade is to draw them quite over. To warp is to bend silently through the whole fiber, as a board in the sun. To crook is to bend irregularly, as a crooked stick. Deflect, deviate, and diverge are said of any turning away; deviate commonly of a slight and gradual movement, diverge of a more sharp and decided one. To bias is to cut across the texture, or incline to one side; in figurative use always with an unfavorable import. Mold is a stronger work than bend; we may bend by a superior force that which still resists the constraint; as, a bent bow; we mold something plastic entirely to some desired form.

   Synonyms:
   bend, bias, bow, crook, curve, deflect, deviate, diverge, influence, mold, persuade, stoop, submit, turn, twine, twist, warp, yield

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1. inclineverb

   Antonyms:
   trend, diverge, ascend, deter, rise, indispose, disincline

   Synonyms:
   slope, bear, lean, point, tend, dispose, induce, dip, bias, prompt, slant, be disposed

Matched Categories

1. • Feel
   • Influence
   • Lean
   • Listen
   • Lower

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. slope, incline, sidenoun

   an elevated geological formation

   "he climbed the steep slope"; "the house was built on the side of a mountain"

   Synonyms:
   gradient, ramp, position, side of meat, face, slope, side

2. ramp, inclineverb

   an inclined surface connecting two levels

   Synonyms:
   side, wild leek, ramp, slope

3. tend, be given, lean, incline, runverb

   have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined

   "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"

   Synonyms:
   course, operate, list, hunt, fly the coop, work, scat, move, turn tail, range, run, tilt, function, lead, lam, flow, melt down, track down, break away, head for the hills, extend, hunt down, endure, bunk, take to the woods, consort, execute, feed, prevail, bleed, carry, scarper, go, unravel, lean, play, die hard, race, pass, pitch, escape, dispose, black market, persist, ladder, draw, hightail it, be given, slope, campaign, angle, tend, run away, ply, guide, melt, tip, slant, run for

4. inclineverb

   bend or turn (one's ear) towards a speaker in order to listen well

   "He inclined his ear to the wise old man"

   Synonyms:
   tend, pitch, dispose, be given, lean, run, slope

5. inclineverb

   lower or bend (the head or upper body), as in a nod or bow

   "She inclined her head to the student"

   Synonyms:
   tend, pitch, dispose, be given, lean, run, slope

6. slope, incline, pitchverb

   be at an angle

   "The terrain sloped down"

   Synonyms:
   set up, pitch, be given, lean, huckster, lurch, slope, peddle, vend, gear, cant over, hawk, shift, tilt, dispose, flip, run, monger, deliver, cant, sky, toss, slant, tend

7. inclineverb

   feel favorably disposed or willing

   "She inclines to the view that people should be allowed to expres their religious beliefs"

   Synonyms:
   tend, pitch, dispose, be given, lean, run, slope

8. dispose, inclineverb

   make receptive or willing towards an action or attitude or belief

   "Their language inclines us to believe them"

   Synonyms:
   pitch, be given, toss, throw out, cast out, toss out, fling, slope, lean, cast away, chuck out, dispose, throw away, qualify, run, cast aside, put away, toss away, discard, tend

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1. inclinenoun

   Synonyms:
   slant, slope, ascent, descent, grade

2. inclineverb

   Synonyms:
   lean, tend, dispose

How to use incline in a sentence?

1. Robert Anson Heinlein:

   The stars incline, but do not impel.

2. David Siik:

   I was really concerned that people weren't really understanding that there are consequences for sprinting on too big of an incline all the time, so after a lot of research and really digging into what happens to the body on an incline, we created the 5 percent incline guideline-- we don’t do any maximum sprinting over a 5 percent incline so that you aren’t putting too much pressure on your lower back. We just recalculated the work load so it feels better.

3. Nicolas Chamfort:

   Education must have two foundations --morality as a support for virtue, prudence as a defense for self against the vices of others. By letting the balance incline to the side of morality, you only make dupes or martyrs; by letting it incline to the other, you make calculating egoists.

4. Debora Warner:

   You can be very specific about incline, duration, number of reps.

5. Dan Bulay:

   The 12-3-30 workout is a fantastic workout as well, walking at a high incline at a low intensity has been a staple in the bodybuilding community for decades.

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