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