slant
Angle off vertical
Slant refers to a diagonal line or slope—something neither vertical nor horizontal.
A slant can be physical: The roof has a steep slant.
It also means a particular perspective or bias: a political slant, The article had an obvious slant.
To slant is to slope or to present with bias: The coverage was slanted toward the incumbent.
Slant rhyme pairs words with similar but not identical sounds.
As an ethnic slur for East Asians, slant is offensive.
Way of seeing things
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- takeCapture or filmed segment
- outlookAttitude toward the future
- standpointPosition for judgment
lens · interpretation · reading · approach · frame · bent · position · orientation
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
- spinRapid rotation around axis
distortion · skew · leaning · tendency · predisposition · subjectivity · partisanship · agenda
Angled rising surface
- gradientRate of change across space
- pitchFrequency of sound
- angleGeometric measure of rotation
- steepnessAngle of incline
grade · rake · cant · bevel · lean · oblique · diagonal · skew
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
standpoint · lens · interpretation · reading · approach · frame · bent · position · orientation · vantage
prejudice
Preformed unfavorable opinion
- partialityUnfair favor toward some
- favoritismPreferential treatment of some
- one-sidednessImbalanced viewpoint or treatment
spin · distortion · skew · leaning · tendency · predisposition · subjectivity · partisanship · agenda · framing
incline
Angled rising surface
steepness · grade · rake · cant · bevel · lean · oblique · diagonal · skew · camber
ray
Narrow light emission
angle · shadow · diagonal · cast · fall · filter · sunlight · illumination · glint
italic
Slanted letter style
letterform · typeface · font · baseline · ascender · descender · script · cursive · calligraphy · penmanship
- dispositionsdisposition, predisposition, inclination, tendency, propensity
- leaningangle, list, cant, pitch, inclination
- Not Straightbent, curve, twist, warp, kink
- slantslean, incline, angle, cant, skew
- Oblique thingsangle, diagonal, askew, canted, sidewise
- inclinationsinclination, tendency, predisposition, proclivity, propensity
slantlevel
Horizontal or uniform position
horizontal · vertical · straight · plumb · flat
slantobjectivity
Freedom from personal bias
neutrality · impartiality · fairness · balance · even-handedness
- on a slant
- editorial slantMedia outlet's viewpoint tendency
- slant rhymesApproximate phonetic echoes
- slant lineAngled linear mark