Noun

• S: (n) bias, prejudice, preconception (a partiality that prevents objective consideration of an issue or situation)
• direct hyponym / full hyponym
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• derivationally related form
• S: (n) diagonal, bias (a line or cut across a fabric that is not at right angles to a side of the fabric)
• direct hypernym / inherited hypernym / sister term
• S: (n) straight line (a line traced by a point traveling in a constant direction; a line of zero curvature) "the shortest distance between two points is a straight line"
• derivationally related form
• W: (adj) diagonal [Related to: diagonal] (having an oblique or slanted direction)

Verb

• S: (v) bias (influence in an unfair way) "you are biasing my choice by telling me yours"
• S: (v) bias, predetermine (cause to be biased)

Adjective

• S: (adj) bias (slanting diagonally across the grain of a fabric) "a bias fold"
• similar to
• S: (adj) oblique (slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled) "the oblique rays of the winter sun"; "acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles"; "the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base"
• antonym
• W: (adj) parallel [Indirect via oblique] (being everywhere equidistant and not intersecting) "parallel lines never converge"; "concentric circles are parallel"; "dancers in two parallel rows"
• W: (adj) perpendicular [Indirect via oblique] (intersecting at or forming right angles) "the axes are perpendicular to each other"