sloping
Not perfectly level
Sloping means inclined at an angle rather than level or vertical.
A sloping roof sheds rain and snow.
A sloping hillside rises or falls gradually.
The path went sloping down toward the river.
The word describes surfaces, terrain, or lines that tilt from the horizontal.
Angled from vertical
- leaningTendency toward something
- listingRecorded item in catalog
- cantedSet at angle
- pitchedTossed or angled
angled · raked · heeling · lopsided · cockeyed · aslant · atilt · off-kilter
Turned from perpendicular
- diagonalSlanting line or path
- obliqueAngled, not straightforward
- skewedAsymmetrically shifted
- cantedSet at angle
askew · bevel · acute · obtuse · perpendicular · parallel · trapezoidal · rhomboid
Sloping terrain face
- gradientRate of change across space
- gradeClassification by rank
- inclineAngled rising surface
- bankPlace holding deposits
escarpment · pitch · embankment · bluff · ridge · knoll · terrace · plateau
tilted
Angled from vertical
pitched · angled · raked · heeling · lopsided · cockeyed · aslant · atilt · off-kilter · tipsy
angled
Turned from perpendicular
canted · askew · bevel · acute · obtuse · perpendicular · parallel · trapezoidal · rhomboid · tapered
hillside
Sloping terrain face
bank · escarpment · pitch · embankment · bluff · ridge · knoll · terrace · plateau · ravine
descending
Moving downward
dropping · declivity · downgrade · dipping · plunging · lowering · subsiding · shelving · tapering · sliding
ascending
Moving upward
mounting · elevating · acclivity · upgrade · skyward · steep · inclined · ramping · graduated · terraced
- earthworkdigging, excavation, excavating, trenching, shoveling
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
slopingflat
Lacking vertical variation
level · horizontal · even · flush · plane
slopingvertical
At right angles groundward
upright · perpendicular · plumb · straight up · sheer
- sloping offDeparting secretly, avoiding duty