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. Erik Pevernagie:

   By recurrently changing the horizon, things can be perceived from another angle and the perspectives of life can be reoriented in a captivating way. If not, the squeaking wheel of our mind will suffer from lack of oil and our vision of the world gets rusted.

2. Cindy Sue Hunter:

   Her arms and legs were at an awkward angle, and I went into shock in that moment.

3. Tom Stoppard:

   Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything into proportion. You compensate, rebalance yourself so that you maintain your angle to the world. When the world shifts, you shift.

4. Pope Francis:

   But women are capable of seeing things with a different angle from us, with a different eye, and pose questions that we men are not able to understand ... so when the next pope comes to Manila, let's please have more women among you.

5. Ryan Topper:

   I turned around and from the angle that I drove up on it, it didn’t look like anything had happened at all.