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Defenition of the word tilt

    • Defenition of the word tilt

      • An angle indicating the amount of rotation of an object around its longitudinal axis. For an airplane, it indicates whether its nose points up or down.
      • heel over
      • move sideways or in an unsteady way, as of a ship or a vehicle out of control
      • a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
      • a combat between two mounted knights tilting against each other with blunted lances
      • to incline or bend from a vertical position: "She leaned over the banister."
      • pitching dangerously to one side
      • a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court's tilt toward conservative rulings"
      • charge with a tilt, as in a a joust
      • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical; "the tower had a pronounced tilt"; "the ship developed a list to starboard"; "he walked with a heavy inclination to the right"
      • a slight but noticeable partiality; "the court''s tilt toward conservative rulings"
      • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement; "they were involved in a violent argument"
      • charge with a tilt
      • heel over; "The tower is tilting"; "The ceiling is slanting"
      • move sideways or in an unsteady way; "The ship careened out of control"
      • to incline or bend from a vertical position; "She leaned over the banister"
      • the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
      • a slight but noticeable partiality
      • a contentious speech act; a dispute where there is strong disagreement
      • move sideways or in an unsteady way
      • to incline or bend from a vertical position

    Synonyms for the word tilt

      • angle
      • arguing
      • argument
      • cant
      • cant over
      • careen
      • contention
      • contestation
      • controversy
      • gradient
      • inclination
      • incline
      • joust
      • lean
      • leaning
      • list
      • pitch
      • rock
      • roll
      • shift
      • slant
      • slope
      • sway
      • tip
      • wobble

    Similar words in the tilt

      • bowl over
      • knock over
      • lean against
      • lean on
      • overturn
      • rest on
      • tilt
      • tilted
      • tilting
      • tilts
      • tip over
      • turn over
      • upset

    Meronymys for the word tilt

      • tournament

    Hyponyms for the word tilt

      • argle-bargle
      • argy-bargy
      • cock
      • fight
      • firestorm
      • heel
      • incline
      • lean back
      • list
      • pitch
      • polemic
      • recline
      • slope
      • sparring
      • weather

    Hypernyms for the word tilt

      • battle
      • bend
      • conflict
      • difference
      • difference of opinion
      • dispute
      • flex
      • joust
      • lurch
      • move
      • partiality
      • partisanship
      • pitch
      • pitching
      • position
      • spatial relation
      • struggle

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