leaning

  • (s) departing or being caused to depart from the true vertical or horizontal
    • the leaning tower of Pisa
    • the headstones were tilted
    atilt, canted, tilted, tipped,

Nouns

  • (n) an inclination to do something
    • he felt leanings toward frivolity
    propensity, tendency,
  • (n) a natural inclination
    • he has a proclivity for exaggeration
    proclivity, propensity,
  • (n) the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the vertical
    • the tower had a pronounced tilt
    • the ship developed a list to starboard
    • he walked with a heavy inclination to the right
    lean, list, tilt, inclination,
  • (n) the act of deviating from a vertical position

Synonyms

propensity tendency atilt canted tilted tipped proclivity lean list tilt inclination

Words of close approximity

Leaning Tower Leaning Tower of Pisa