Noun

• S: (n) tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning (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"
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) position, spatial relation (the spatial property of a place where or way in which something is situated) "the position of the hands on the clock"; "he specified the spatial relations of every piece of furniture on the stage"
• S: (n) occlusion ((dentistry) the normal spatial relation of the teeth when the jaws are closed)
• S: (n) tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning (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"
• S: (n) gradient, slope (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal) "a five-degree gradient"
• S: (n) placement, arrangement (the spatial property of the way in which something is placed) "the arrangement of the furniture"; "the placement of the chairs"
• S: (n) point of view (the spatial property of the position from which something is observed)
• S: (n) coincidence (the quality of occupying the same position or area in space) "he waited for the coincidence of the target and the cross hairs"
• S: (n) dead center, dead centre (the position of a crank when it is in line with the connecting rod and not exerting torque)
• S: (n) centrality (the property of being central)
• S: (n) marginality (the property of being marginal or on the fringes)
• S: (n) anteriority (the quality of being in front or (in lower animals) toward the head)
• S: (n) posteriority (the quality of being toward the back or toward the rear end)
• S: (n) outwardness, externality (the quality or state of being outside or directed toward or relating to the outside or exterior) "the outwardness of the world"
• S: (n) inwardness (the quality or state of being inward or internal) "the inwardness of the body's organs"
• S: (n) malposition, misplacement (faulty position)
• S: (n) northernness (the property of being to the north)
• S: (n) southernness (the property of being to the south)
• S: (n) horizontality (the quality of being parallel to the horizon) "houses with a pronounced horizontality"
• S: (n) verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness (position at right angles to the horizon)
• S: (n) slot (a position in a grammatical linguistic construction in which a variety of alternative units are interchangeable) "he developed a version of slot grammar"
• S: (n) room, way, elbow room (space for movement) "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around"
• S: (n) direction (the spatial relation between something and the course along which it points or moves) "he checked the direction and velocity of the wind"
• S: (n) angular position (relation by which any position with respect to any other position is established)
• derivationally related form

Verb

• S: (v) lean, tilt, tip, slant, angle (to incline or bend from a vertical position) "She leaned over the banister"
• S: (v) lean (cause to lean or incline) "He leaned his rifle against the wall"
• S: (v) tend, be given, lean, incline, run (have a tendency or disposition to do or be something; be inclined) "She tends to be nervous before her lectures"; "These dresses run small"; "He inclined to corpulence"
• S: (v) lean (rely on for support) "We can lean on this man"
• S: (v) list, lean (cause to lean to the side) "Erosion listed the old tree"

Adjective

• S: (adj) thin, lean (lacking excess flesh) "you can't be too rich or too thin"; "Yon Cassius has a lean and hungry look"-Shakespeare
• S: (adj) lean (lacking in mineral content or combustible material) "lean ore"; "lean fuel"
• S: (adj) lean, skimpy (containing little excess) "a lean budget"; "a skimpy allowance"
• S: (adj) lean (not profitable or prosperous) "a lean year"