slant | Definition of slant

slant

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of slant

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

reporters who slant the truth in order to push a political agenda

Synonyms of slant

bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, twist, warp

Words Related to slant

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate

Near Antonyms of slant

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

2 to set or cause to be at an angle

a ramp slanted at a 20 degree angle

Synonyms of slant

angle, cant, cock, heel, incline, lean, list, pitch, slope, tilt, tip

Words Related to slant

bend, deviate, swerve, veer

decline, descend, recline, retreat

Near Antonyms of slant

even, flatten, level, straighten