Synonyms of the word

inclination

• n. A physical tilt or bend.
• n. A slant or slope.
• n. A mental tendency.
• n. (geometry) The angle of intersection of a reference plane.
• n. (obsolete) A person or thing loved or admired.

angle

• n. (geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes…
• n. (geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional…
• n. A corner where two walls intersect.
• n. A change in direction.
• n. A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.
• n. (media) The focus of a news story.
• n. (slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach…
• n. (slang) An ulterior motive; a scheme or means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, often immoral.
• n. A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.
• n. (astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the…
• v. (transitive, often in the passive) To place (something) at an angle.
• v. (intransitive, informal) To change direction rapidly.
• v. (transitive, informal) To present or argue something in a particular way or from a particular viewpoint.
• v. (snooker) To leave the cue ball in the jaws of a pocket such that the surround of the pocket (the "angle")…
• v. (intransitive) To try to catch fish with a hook and line.
• v. (informal) (with for) To attempt to subtly persuade someone to offer a desired thing.
• n. A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

attitude

• n. The position of the body or way of carrying oneself; posture.
• n. Disposition or state of mind.
• n. (uncountable, countable) A negative, irritating, or irritated attitude; posturing.
• n. (aeronautics, nautical, engineering) The orientation of a vehicle or other object relative to the horizon,…
• n. (ballet) A position similar to arabesque, but with the raised leg bent at the knee.
• v. To assume or to place in a particular position or orientation; to pose.
• v. To express an attitude through one's posture, bearing, tone of voice, etc.

dip

• n. A lower section of a road or geological feature.
• n. Inclination downward; direction below a horizontal line; slope; pitch.
• n. The action of dipping or plunging for a moment into a liquid.
• n. A tank or trough where cattle or sheep are immersed in chemicals to kill parasites.
• n. A dip stick.
• n. A swim, usually a short swim to refresh.
• n. (colloquial, dated) A pickpocket.
• n. A sauce for dipping.
• n. (geology) The angle from horizontal of a planar geologic surface, such as a fault line.
• n. (archaic) A dipped candle.
• n. (dance) a move in many different styles of partner dances, often performed at the end of a dance, in which…
• n. A gymnastic exercise on the parallel bars in which the performer, resting on his hands, lets his arms…
• n. In the turpentine industry, the viscid exudation that is dipped out from incisions in the trees. Virgin…
• n. (aeronautics) A sudden drop followed by a climb, usually to avoid obstacles or as the result of getting…
• v. (transitive) To lower into a liquid.
• v. (intransitive) To immerse oneself; to become plunged in a liquid; to sink.
• v. (intransitive) (of a value or rate) To decrease slightly.
• v. (transitive) To lower a light's beam.
• v. (transitive) To lower (a flag), particularly a national ensign, to a partially hoisted position in order…
• v. (transitive) To treat cattle or sheep by immersion in chemical solution.
• v. (transitive) To use a dip stick to check oil level in an engine.
• v. To consume snuff by placing a pinch behind the lip or under the tongue so that the active chemical constituents…
• v. To immerse for baptism.
• v. To wet, as if by immersing; to moisten.
• v. To plunge or engage thoroughly in any affair.
• v. (transitive) To take out, by dipping a dipper, ladle, or other receptacle, into a fluid and removing a…
• v. (intransitive) To perform the action of plunging a dipper, ladle. etc. into a liquid or soft substance…
• v. To engage as a pledge; to mortgage.
• v. (transitive) To perform (a bow or curtsey) by inclining the body.
• v. (intransitive) To incline downward from the plane of the horizon.
• v. (dance) To perform a dip dance move (often phrased with the leader as the subject noun and the follower…
• v. To slightly and swiftly lower the body by bending the knees while keeping the body in an upright position,…
• v. (intransitive, colloquial) To leave.
• n. A foolish person.
• n. (computer graphics) Initialism of device-independent pixel.

disposition

• n. The arrangement or placement of certain things.
• n. Tendency or inclination under given circumstances.
• n. Temperamental makeup or habitual mood.
• n. Control over something.
• n. (law) Transfer or relinquishment to the care or possession of another.
• n. (law) Final decision or settlement.
• n. (medicine) The destination of a patient after medical treatment such as surgery.
• n. (music) The set of choirs of strings on a harpsichord.
• v. To remove or place in a different position.

inclining

• v. present participle of incline.
• n. inclination.

lean

• v. To incline, deviate, or bend, from a vertical position; to be in a position thus inclining or deviating.
• v. To incline in opinion or desire; to conform in conduct; with to, toward, etc.
• v. To rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.; with on, upon, or against.
• v. To hang outwards.
• v. To press against.
• n. (of an object taller than its width and depth) An inclination away from the vertical.
• adj. (of a person or animal) slim; not fleshy.
• adj. (of meat) having little fat.
• adj. Having little extra or little to spare; scanty; meagre.
• adj. Having a low proportion or concentration of a desired substance or ingredient.
• adj. (printing, archaic) Of a character which prevents the compositor from earning the usual wages; opposed…
• adj. efficient, economic, frugal, agile, slimmed-down; pertaining to the modern industrial principles of "lean…
• v. To thin out (a fuel-air mixture): to reduce the fuel flow into the mixture so that there is more air or…
• v. To conceal.
• n. (slang) A recreational drug based on codeine laced promethazine cough syrup, popular in the hip-hop community…

leaning

• n. A tendency.
• v. present participle of lean.

liking

• v. present participle of like.
• n. A like; a predilection.

list

• n. A strip of fabric, especially from the edge of a piece of cloth.
• n. Material used for cloth selvage.
• n. (in the plural) The palisades or barriers used to fence off a space for tilting or jousting tournaments.
• n. A register or roll of paper consisting of an enumeration or compilation of a set of possible items; the…
• n. (computing, programming) A codified representation of a list, used to store data or in processing; especially,…
• n. (obsolete) A limit or boundary; a border.
• n. (obsolete) A stripe.
• n. (architecture) A little square moulding; a fillet or listel.
• n. (carpentry) A narrow strip of wood, especially sapwood, cut from the edge of a plank or board.
• n. (ropemaking) A piece of woollen cloth with which the yarns are grasped by a worker.
• n. (tin-plate manufacture) The first thin coating of tin.
• n. (tin-plate manufacture) A wire-like rim of tin left on an edge of the plate after it is coated.
• v. To create or recite a list.
• v. To place in listings.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To engage in public service by enrolling one's name; to enlist.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To engage a soldier, etc.; to enlist.
• v. (transitive) To enclose (a field, etc.) for combat.
• v. To sew together, as strips of cloth, so as to make a show of colours, or form a border.
• v. To cover with list, or with strips of cloth; to put list on; to stripe as if with list.
• v. (carpentry) To cut away a narrow strip, as of sapwood, from the edge of.
• v. To plough and plant with a lister.
• v. (US, Southern US) To prepare (land) for a cotton crop by making alternating beds and alleys with the hoe.
• n. (archaic) Art; craft; cunning; skill.
• v. (intransitive, poetic) To listen.
• v. (transitive, poetic) To listen to.
• n. (nautical) A tilting or careening to one side, usually not intentionally / not under a ship's own power.
• n. (architecture) A tilt to a building.
• v. (nautical) To tilt to one side.
• v. (nautical) To cause (something) to tilt to one side.
• v. (archaic, transitive) To be pleasing to.
• v. (archaic) To wish, like, desire (to do something).
• n. (obsolete) Inclination; desire.

motility

• n. (uncountable) The state of being motile.
• n. (countable) The degree to which something is motile.

motion

• n. (uncountable) A state of progression from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A change of position with respect to time.
• n. (physics) A change from one place to another.
• n. (countable) A parliamentary action to propose something.
• n. (obsolete) An entertainment or show, especially a puppet show.
• n. (philosophy) from κίνησις; any change. Traditionally of four types: generation and corruption, alteration,…
• n. Movement of the mind, desires, or passions; mental act, or impulse to any action; internal activity.
• n. (law) An application made to a court or judge orally in open court. Its object is to obtain an order or…
• n. (euphemistic) A movement of the bowels; the product of such movement.
• n. (music) Change of pitch in successive sounds, whether in the same part or in groups of parts. (Conjunct…
• n. (obsolete) A puppet, or puppet show.
• v. To gesture indicating a desired movement.
• v. (proscribed) To introduce a motion in parliamentary procedure.
• v. To make a proposal; to offer plans.

move

• v. (intransitive) To change place or posture; to stir; to go, in any manner, from one place or position to…
• v. (intransitive) To act; to take action; to stir; to begin to act.
• v. (intransitive) To change residence, for example from one house, town, or state, to another; to go and…
• v. (intransitive, chess, and other games) To change the place of a piece in accordance with the rules of…
• v. (transitive, ergative) To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry,…
• v. (transitive, chess) To transfer (a piece or man) from one space or position to another, according to the…
• v. (transitive) To excite to action by the presentation of motives; to rouse by representation, persuasion,…
• v. (transitive) To arouse the feelings or passions of; especially, to excite to tenderness or compassion,…
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To propose; to recommend; specifically, to propose formally for consideration…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To mention; to raise (a question); to suggest (a course of action); to lodge (a…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To incite, urge (someone to do something); to solicit (someone for or of an issue);…
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To apply to, as for aid.
• v. (law, transitive, intransitive) To request an action from the court.
• n. The act of moving; a movement.
• n. An act for the attainment of an object; a step in the execution of a plan or purpose.
• n. A formalized or practiced action used in athletics, dance, physical exercise, self-defense, hand-to-hand…
• n. The event of changing one's residence.
• n. A change in strategy.
• n. A transfer, a change from one employer to another.
• n. (board games) The act of moving a token on a gameboard from one position to another according to the rules…

movement

• n. Physical motion between points in space.
• n. (engineering) A system or mechanism for transmitting motion of a definite character, or for transforming…
• n. The impression of motion in an artwork, painting, novel etc.
• n. A trend in various fields or social categories, a group of people with a common ideology who try together…
• n. (music) A large division of a larger composition.
• n. (aviation) An instance of an aircraft taking off or landing.
• n. (baseball) The deviation of a pitch from ballistic flight.
• n. An act of emptying the bowels.
• n. (obsolete) Motion of the mind or feelings; emotion.

position

• n. A place or location.
• n. A post of employment; a job.
• n. A status or rank.
• n. An opinion, stand, or stance.
• n. A posture.
• n. (team sports) A place on the playing field, together with a set of duties, assigned to a player.
• n. (finance) An amount of securities or commodities held by a person, firm, or institution.
• n. (arithmetic) A method of solving a problem by one or two suppositions; also called the rule of trial and…
• n. (chess) The full state of a chess game at any given turn.
• v. To put into place.

tendency

• n. A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward.
• n. (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.

tilt

• v. (transitive) To slope or incline (something); to slant.
• v. (jousting) To charge (at someone) with a lance.
• v. (intransitive) To be at an angle.
• v. (transitive) To point or thrust a weapon at.
• v. (transitive) To point or thrust (a weapon).
• v. To forge (something) with a tilt hammer.
• v. (poker) To play worse than usual (often as a result of previous bad luck).
• v. (photography) To move a camera vertically in a controlled way.
• n. A slope or inclination. (uncountable).
• n. A jousting contest. (countable).
• n. A thrust, as with a lance.
• n. (photography) The controlled vertical movement of a camera, or a device to achieve this.
• n. An attempt at something, such as a tilt at public office.
• n. A tilt hammer.
• n. The inclination of part of the body, such as backbone, pelvis, head, etc.
• n. A canvas covering for carts, boats, etc.
• n. Any covering overhead; especially, a tent.
• v. (transitive) To cover with a tilt, or awning.