Synonyms for angle
ˈæŋ gəlan·gle

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anglenoun

   the space between two lines or planes that intersect; the inclination of one line to another; measured in degrees or radians

   Synonyms:
   slant

2. slant, anglenoun

   a biased way of looking at or presenting something

   Synonyms:
   rake, pitch, slant

3. Angleverb

   a member of a Germanic people who conquered England and merged with the Saxons and Jutes to become Anglo-Saxons

   Synonyms:
   slant

4. angleverb

   move or proceed at an angle

   "he angled his way into the room"

   Synonyms:
   fish, tip, slant, lean, tilt, weight

5. lean, tilt, tip, slant, angleverb

   to incline or bend from a vertical position

   "She leaned over the banister"

   Synonyms:
   pitch, topple, run, be given, lean, list, careen, fish, wobble, tiptoe, tip, tip off, fee, tap, shift, tilt, tippytoe, bung, cant over, tumble, incline, cant, slant, weight, tend

6. fish, angleverb

   seek indirectly

   "fish for compliments"

   Synonyms:
   fish, tip, slant, lean, tilt, weight

7. angleverb

   fish with a hook

   Synonyms:
   fish, tip, slant, lean, tilt, weight

8. slant, angle, weightverb

   present with a bias

   "He biased his presentation so as to please the share holders"

   Synonyms:
   burden, slant, fish, pitch, cant, weight down, burthen, lean, tip, weight, tilt, cant over

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. anglenoun

   Synonyms:
   (Geom.) difference of direction (of two lines)

2. anglenoun

   Synonyms:
   corner, bend, elbow, knee, crotch, cusp, point (where two lines meet)

3. angleverb

   Synonyms:
   fish (with a rod), BOB

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. angleverb

   Synonyms:
   fish, intrigue, scheme

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "angle":

   corner, perspective, cornering, angles, standpoint, viewpoint, angled, inclination, angular, terms, lens, prism

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How to use angle in a sentence?

1. C. M. Cox:

   Blaise Pascal used to mark with charcoal the walls of his playroom, seeking a means of making a circle perfectly round and a triangle whose sides and angle were all equal. He discovered these things for himself and then began to seek the relationship which existed between them. He did not know any mathematical terms and so he made up his own. Using these names he made axioms and finally developed perfect demonstrations, until he had come to the thirty-second proposition of Euclid.

2. Dragan Trifunovic:

   People are very proud to live in this city and to see it from another angle.

3. Chief Ranger Joe Hughes:

   The parks shoreline can be very unforgiving from the cold water to the sheer cliffs and drop offs, by partnering with the highly trained mountaineering guides on SHARP, we are able to safely effect these types of high angle rescues here at the park.

4. Jackie Groenen:

   I just saw a nice angle.

5. Auriol Rae:

   Despite being buried beneath nearly a kilometer of sedimentary rocks, it is remarkable that geophysical data reveals so much about the crater structure — enough to describe the direction and angle of the impact.