sloping

Other forms of sloping

comparative

slopinger·

superlative

slopingest·

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 sloping

What does sloping mean?

sloping means "having an oblique or slanted direction". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in sloping?

sloping has 2 syllables: slo-ping. The stress falls on "slo". In IPA it is /ˈsloʊpɪŋ/.

What is another word for sloping?

Close synonyms include aslant, aslope, diagonal, slanted, slanting. 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 sloping a common word?

sloping 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.