inclined

1. 1.

   (often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency

   “wasn't inclined to believe the excuse”

   “inclined to be moody”

   Antonymsdisinclined

   Similaraptfondproneaccident-prone
2. 2.

   at an angle to the horizontal or vertical position

   “an inclined plane”

   Antonymshorizontalvertical

   Similaratiltaslanthigh-pitchedlow-pitchedmonoclinalpitchedsalientsidelong
3. 3.

   having made preparations

   “prepared to take risks”

   Synonymsdisposedfainprepared

   Similarwilling

Other forms of inclined

comparative

inclinedder·

superlative

inclineddest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about inclined

What does inclined mean?

inclined means "(often followed by `to') having a preference, disposition, or tendency". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in inclined?

inclined has 2 syllables: in-clined. The stress falls on "clined". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈklaɪnd/.

What is another word for inclined?

Close synonyms include disposed, fain, prepared. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of inclined?

The recorded antonyms are disinclined, horizontal, vertical.

Is inclined a common word?

inclined is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with inclined?

1 word rhymes with inclined. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.