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Main Entry: tilt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lean, slant

Synonyms:

bend, cant, careen, dip, heel, incline, list, lurch, pitch, rake, recline, seesaw, set at an angle, shift, slope, slouch, swag, sway, tip, turn, yaw

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: tilt
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: attack, fight

Synonyms:

break, charge, clash, combat, contend, cross swords, duel, encounter, joust, overthrow, spar, thrust

Antonyms:

surrender, yield
Main Entry: bend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: form or cause a curve

Synonyms:

angle away, angle off, arch, bow, buckle, camber, careen, circle, contort, crimp, crinkle, crook, crouch, curl, deflect, deform, detour, double, droop, flex, genuflect, hook, incline, incurvate, lean, loop, pervert, round, spiral, stoop, swerve, tilt, turn, twist, veer, verge, warp, waver, wilt, wind, yaw, zigzag

Antonyms:

straighten
Main Entry: cant
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lean, slant

Synonyms:

angle, bevel, careen, grade, heel, incline, list, recline, rise, slope, tilt, tip
Main Entry: careen
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tilt; move wildly down path

Synonyms:

bend, lean, lurch, pitch, sway, tilt
Notes: careen has a nautical origin and is a side-to-side trajectory while career is a headlong high-speed trajectory
Main Entry: compete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go up against in contest

Synonyms:

attempt, bandy, battle, be in the running, bid, challenge, clash, collide, contend, contest, cope with, emulate, encounter, essay, face, fence, fight, go after, go for broke, go for the gold, go for, grapple, in the hunt, jockey for position, joust, lock horns, match strength, match wits, oppose, participate in, pit oneself against, play, rival, run for, scramble for, seek prize, spar, strive, struggle, take on, take part, tilt, try, tussle, vie, wrestle
Main Entry: contest
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fight

Synonyms:

altercate, attack, battle, brawl, break with, buck, compete, conflict, contend, cross, defend, duel, feud, fight over, gang up on, hassle, knuckle with, lay a finger on, lay out, put on gloves, put up dukes, quarrel, repel, rival, row, rumpus, scrap, scuffle, set to, sock, square off, strike, struggle, take on, tilt, traverse, vie, withstand, wrangle

Antonyms:

agree
Main Entry: dip
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lower, descend

Synonyms:

bend, decline, disappear, droop, drop down, fade, fall, go down, incline, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, reach, recede, sag, set, settle, sheer, sink, skew, skid, slant, slip, slope, slue, slump, spiral, subside, swoop, tilt, tumble, veer, verge

Antonyms:

ascend, raise
Main Entry: elevate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lift up

Synonyms:

erect, fetch up, heighten, hike up, hoist, jack up, levitate, poise, pump, put up, pyramid, raise, ramp, rear, shoot up, stilt, take up, tilt, uphold, uplift, upraise

Antonyms:

decrease, depress, drop, lessen, lower, push down
Main Entry: fight
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: engage in physical encounter

Synonyms:

altercate, assault, attack, bandy with, battle, bear arms, bicker, box, brawl, brush with, buck, carry on war, challenge, clash, contend, cross swords, dispute, do battle, duel, exchange blows, feud, flare up, go to war, grapple, joust, meet, mix it up, oppugn, ply weapons, protect, quarrel, repel, resist, rowdy, scrap, scuffle, skirmish, spar, strive, struggle, take all comers, take the field, take up the gauntlet, tiff, tilt, traverse, tug, tussle, wage war, war, withstand, wrangle, wrestle

Antonyms:

agree, make peace, surrender, yield
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