Synonyms for slope
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1. slopenoun

   Synonyms:
   Chinaman, embankment, gradient, first derivative, incline, Chink, bank, hill

2. slopenoun

   To tend steadily upward or downward.

   The road slopes sharply down at that point.

   Synonyms:
   embankment, Chink, hill, gradient, first derivative, incline, Chinaman, bank

3. slopenoun

   The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.

   The road has a very sharp downward slope at that point.

   Synonyms:
   embankment, hill, Chink, first derivative, gradient, bank, incline, Chinaman

4. slopenoun

   The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if the line is horizontal, undefined if it is vertical.

   The slope of this line is 0.5

   Synonyms:
   hill, embankment, Chinaman, incline, gradient, first derivative, Chink, bank

5. slopenoun

   The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.

   The slope of a parabola increases linearly with x.

   Synonyms:
   Chinaman, bank, first derivative, gradient, incline, Chink, hill, embankment

6. slopenoun

   The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise to the units of horizontal length (sometimes referred to as run). For English units of measurement, when dimensions are given in inches, slope may be expressed as a ratio of rise to run, such as 4:12 or an an angle.

   The slope of an asphalt shingle roof system should be 4:12 or greater.

   Synonyms:
   incline, bank, Chinaman, Chink, first derivative, embankment, gradient, hill

7. slopenoun

   A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.

   Synonyms:
   hill, gradient, incline, Chinaman, first derivative, embankment, Chink, bank

English Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. slope

   To tilt or tip is to throw out of a horizontal position by raising one side or end or lowering the other; the words are closely similar, but tilt suggests more of fluctuation or instability. Slant and slope are said of things somewhat fixed or permanent in a position out of the horizontal or perpendicular; the roof slants, the hill slopes. Incline is a more formal word for tip, and also for slant or slope. To cant is to set slantingly; in many cases tip and cant might be interchanged, but tip is more temporary, often momentary; one tips a pail so that the water flows over the edge; a mechanic cants a table by making or setting one side higher than the other. A vessel careens in the wind; lists, usually, from shifting of cargo, from water in the hold, etc. Careening is always toward one side or the other; listing may be forward or astern as well. To heel over is the same as to careen, and must be distinguished from "keel over," which is to capsize.

   Synonyms:
   cant, careen, dip, heel over, incline, lean, list, slant, tilt, tip

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.5 / 2 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, incline, side

2. gradient, slopeverb

   the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal

   "a five-degree gradient"

   Synonyms:
   side, gradient, incline

3. slope, incline, pitchverb

   be at an angle

   "The terrain sloped down"

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

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1. slopenoun

   Synonyms:
   inclination, acclivity or declivity

2. slopeverb

   Synonyms:
   incline

3. slopeverb

   Synonyms:
   incline, slant, take an oblique direction

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1. slopenoun

   Synonyms:
   inclination, slant, obliquity, acclivity, declivity

2. slopeverb

   Synonyms:
   slant, incline

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1. List of paraphrases for "slope":

   slopes, slant, talus, versant, gradient, sloping, steepness, berm, hillside, inclination, tilt, pending, hill, incline, grade, slippery

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How to use slope in a sentence?

1. Getty Images:

   In 2019, the North Slope Borough brought in [about] $394 million in property taxes from the oil industry. This consistent stream of revenue has allowed the NSB to build a new hospital, several community buildings, establish an elite search and rescue program complete with med-evac service, and establish an investment account fashioned after the Permanent Fund to generate revenue from investments and preserve wealth for future generations, that investment account totaled over $900 million in 2019.

2. Sadiq Khan:

   The idea that we restrict freedom of speech, the right to assemble, the right to protest because somebody might be offended is a slippery slope.

3. Willem Hanekom:

   The virus is spreading extraordinarily fast, if you look at the slopes of this wave that we’re in at the moment, it’s a much steeper slope than the first three waves that South Africa experienced. This indicates that it’s spreading fast and it may therefore be a very transmissible virus.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   Yes, even for terrible people, because once you start chipping away and you say,' Well, that guy committed a terrible crime, not going to let him vote. Well, that person did that. Not going to let that person vote,' you're running down a slippery slope.

5. Lakshheish M Patel:

   Alert people must have noted that stock market goes up slightly for 2 days and the 3 rd day it suddenly opens in way deeper in red and takes further lower low. Example NMDC share and all others. The symptom is clear that it is going to be on downward slope till end of Oct 2022 as its down journey started in Oct 2021