GRADIENT: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for GRADIENT?

Need another word that means the same as “gradient”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “gradient” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Gradient” are: slope, incline, hill, rise, rising ground, bank, ramp, acclivity, steepness, angle, slant, inclination, leaning

Gradient as a Noun

Definitions of "Gradient" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “gradient” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• An increase or decrease in the magnitude of a property (e.g. temperature, pressure, or concentration) observed in passing from one point or moment to another.
• The rate of such a change.
• The degree of steepness of a graph at any point.
• The vector formed by the operator ∇ acting on a scalar function at a given point in a scalar field.
• The degree of a slope.
• An inclined part of a road or railway; a slope.
• The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal.
• A graded change in the magnitude of some physical quantity or dimension.

Synonyms of "Gradient" as a noun (13 Words)

acclivity	An upward slope or grade (as in a road.
angle	Angle iron or a similar constructional material made of another metal. Spring loaded hinges open the doors to any angle up to 90.
bank	A building in which the business of banking transacted. He operated a bank of switches.
hill	A local and well-defined elevation of the land. They were climbing a steep hill in low gear.
inclination	The angle that a magnetic needle makes with the plane of the horizon. He was free to follow his inclinations.
incline	An inclined surface or plane a slope especially on a road or railway. The road climbs a long incline through a forest.
leaning	The property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical. His early leanings towards socialism.
ramp	A sloping surface joining two different levels, as at the entrance or between floors of a building. A voltage ramp.
rise	The property possessed by a slope or surface that rises. The car couldn t make it up the rise.
rising ground	A movement upward.
slant	Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. Cut flower stems on the slant.
steepness	The property possessed by a slope that is very steep.

Usage Examples of "Gradient" as a noun

• The path becomes very rough as the gradient increases.
• Fail-safe brakes for use on steep gradients.
• A five-degree gradient.

Associations of "Gradient" (30 Words)

angle	Move or be inclined at an angle. The supporting frame is usually of aluminium angle bolted together.
axis	The alliance of Germany and Italy formed before and during the Second World War, later extended to include Japan and other countries. The Anglo American axis.
brae	A steep bank or hillside. A figure was spied struggling up the brae.
careen	Pitching dangerously to one side. A heavy flood tide caused my vessel to careen dizzily.
cliff	A steep high face of rock. A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs.
eccentricity	An eccentric act or habit. Halley s Comet has an eccentricity of about 0 9675.
hill	Form into a hill. They were climbing a steep hill in low gear.
incline	Have a tendency or disposition to do or be something be inclined. Some people are very mathematically inclined.
mound	Form into a rounded elevation. The dead were cremated and then buried at the centre of a great mound.
mountain	A large natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill. We set off down the mountain.
obliquity	The quality of being deceptive.
perpendicular	Perpendicular position or direction. The wall declines from the perpendicular a little inward.
precipice	A very steep cliff. We swerved toward the edge of the precipice.
precipitant	Done with very great haste and without due deliberation. A protein precipitant.
precipitous	(of an action) done suddenly and without careful consideration. A precipitous slide in the government s popularity.
promontory	A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea. A rocky promontory.
ramp	Furnish with a ramp. They re trying to ramp the share price.
ravine	A deep, narrow gorge with steep sides.
refractive	Capable of changing the direction (of a light or sound wave. The refractive characteristics of the eye.
ridge	Extend in ridges. He ridged his corn.
rolling	Moving by turning over and over on an axis. A rolling ball.
scarp	A very steep bank or slope an escarpment. The north face is a very steep scarp.
slant	Degree of deviation from a horizontal plane. Slant your skis as you turn.
steep	A steep place as on a hill. The steep rise in unemployment.
steeply	In a steep manner. The walls of the gorge rise steeply on both sides.
tilt	Charge with a tilt. Tilting the camera causes convergence of upright lines.
vale	A valley (used in place names or as a poetic term. The Vale of Glamorgan.
valley	A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river. The valley floor.
vertical	Something that is oriented vertically. A vertical camera angle.