| Main Entry: | gradient |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, angle, bank, cant, declivity, grade, hill, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, pitch, ramp, rise, slant, tilt |
| Main Entry: | ascent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | upward slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, grade, gradient, incline, ramp, rise |
Antonyms: |
decline, descent |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving down; lowering |
Synonyms: |
cave-in, coast, coming down, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop-off, fall, falling, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, plummeting, plunge, plunging, precipitation, prolapse, sag, settlement, sinkage, sinking, slant, slide, slip, slope, swoop, tailspin, topple, tumble |
Antonyms: |
ascension, ascent, elevation, increase, rise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | grade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incline, slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, ascent, bank, cant, climb, declivity, descent, downgrade, elevation, embankment, gradient, height, hill, inclination, inclined plane, lean, leaning, level, obliquity, pitch, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tangent, tilt, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | hill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising of earth's surface; pile |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, climb, down, drift, dune, elevation, eminence, esker, fell, gradient, headland, heap, height, highland, hillock, hillside, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, protuberance, range, ridge, rise, rising ground, shock, slope, stack, summit, talus, tor, upland |
Antonyms: |
canyon, ditch, gulley |
| Main Entry: | inclination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slant, angle |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, bank, bend, bending, bevel, bow, bowing, cant, declivity, deviation, direction, downgrade, grade, gradient, hill, incline, lean, leaning, list, pitch, ramp, slope, tilt |
| Main Entry: | incline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, approach, ascent, cant, declivity, descent, dip, grade, gradient, inclination, lean, leaning, plane, ramp, rise, slant, tilt |
| Main Entry: | pitch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tilt |
Synonyms: |
angle, cant, degree, dip, gradient, height, incline, level, point, slant, slope, steepness |
| Notes: | to put up a tent is to pitch it; to take down a tent is to strike it pitch is movement up and down and yaw is movement side to side on a ship, airplane, or other conveyance |
| Main Entry: | ramp |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | incline |
Synonyms: |
access, adit, grade, gradient, hill, inclination, inclined plane, rise, slope |
| Main Entry: | slant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angle, slope |
Synonyms: |
camber, cant, declination, diagonal, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, leaning, pitch, rake, ramp, tilt |
Antonyms: |
evenness, level |