slant

1. 1.

   a biased way of looking at or presenting something

   Synonymsangle

   Broaderpoint of view
2. 2.

   degree of deviation from a horizontal plane

   “the roof had a steep pitch”

   Synonymspitchrake

   Broadergradient

   Narrowerloft

Other forms of slant

plural

slants·

past tense

slanted·

present participle

slanting·

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 slant

What does slant mean?

slant means "lie obliquely". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in slant?

slant has 1 syllable: slant. In IPA it is /ˈslænt/.

What is another word for slant?

Close synonyms include angle, weight, lean, tilt, tip. 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.

Is slant a common word?

slant is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.