Word Meanings - BIAS - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott.

Additional info about word: BIAS

1. A weight on the side of the ball used in the game of bowls, or a tendency imparted to the ball, which turns it from a straight line. Being ignorant that there is a concealed bias within the spheroid, which will . . . swerve away. Sir W. Scott. 2. A learning of the mind; propensity or prepossession toward an object or view, not leaving the mind indifferent; bent inclination. Strong love is a bias upon the thoughts. South. Morality influences men's lives, and gives a bias to all their actions. Locke. 3. A wedge-shaped piece of cloth taken out of a garment (as the waist of a dress) to diminish its circumference. 4. A slant; a diagonal; as, to cut cloth on the bias. Syn. -- Prepossession; prejudice; partiality; inclination. See Bent.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of BIAS)

• Bend
• Curve
• deviate
• incline
• tend
• swerve
• diverge
• mold
• persuade
• influence
• bias
• dispose
• direct
• lower
• subordinate to
• lean
• deflect
• bow
• condescend
• yield
• stoop
• submit
• Bent
• Inclination
• angle
• direction
• determination
• disposition
• intention
• prepossession
• propensity
• predilection
• turn
• leaning
• Incline Slope
• bear
• point
• induce
• dip
• prompt
• slant
• be disposed
• Leaning
• Tendency
• inclination
• proclivity
• partiality
• liking
• Predilection
• Prepossession
• preference
• fondness
• predisposition
• tendency
• prejudice

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of BIAS)

• Straighten
• unbend
• rectilineate
• Trend
• diverge
• ascend
• deter
• rise
• indispose
• disincline
• Slave
• prevent
• dissuade
• Hoist
• raise
• heighten
• exalt
• increase
• aggrandize
• elevate

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  Disposal. Goodwin.
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  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
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  The quality or state of being intentional; purpose; design. Coleridge.
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  One who, or that which, persuades or influences. "Powerful persuaders." Milton.
• DISPOSURE
  1. The act of disposing; power to dispose of; disposal; direction. Give up My estate to his disposure. Massinger. 2. Disposition; arrangement; position; posture. In a kind of warlike disposure. Sir H. Wotton.
• LEANING
  The act, or state, of inclining; inclination; tendency; as, a leaning towards Calvinism.
• YIELD
  pay, give, restore, make an offering; akin to OFries. jelda, OS. geldan, D. gelden to cost, to be worth, G. gelten, OHG. geltan to pay, restore, make an offering, be worth, Icel. gjalda to pay, give up, Dan. gielde to be worth, Sw. gälla to be
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  Disposed. Glanvill.
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  Lowest.
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