ANGLING Synonyms: 37 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈaŋ-gliŋ

as in tilt

the act of positioning or an instance of being positioned at an angle his angling of the picture made everything else on the wall look crooked

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verb

present participle of angle

as in tilting

to set or cause to be at an angle angle the camera this way and the Leaning Tower of Pisa will look straight

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Recent Examples of angling

Noun

There are 16 pro angling clubs combined in Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, New York and Massachusetts, in which pro anglers compete in 16 tournaments for a title. —

Madison E. Goldberg, PEOPLE, 24 Dec. 2025 The Evolution of Catch and Release While most trout streams don’t face population-level impacts from catch-and-release fishing, a growing number may, especially as a Western drought continues, rivers warm, and angling pressure increases. —

Christine Peterson, Outdoor Life, 30 Oct. 2025

Verb

Johnson had been angling for such a resolution since the last weeks of 1963 and had begun discussing it in earnest the following February. —

Jill Lepore, New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2026 Within a couple of hours, Monkey Mountain was ringed several rows deep with visitors, camera phones raised high and news photographers angling for a clear shot. —

Joshua Mellin, Travel + Leisure, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for angling

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Noun

The center features a video wall where feeds from license plate readers and pan tilt zoom cameras are monitored.

— Leondra Head, CBS News, 31 Mar. 2026
In a South Coast Conference tilt, Akira’Ley Vazquez and Olivia Araujo each finished two-for-four, hitting a home run respectively as Greater New Bedford cruised to a 5-1 victory over Seekonk.

— Tyler McManus, Boston Herald, 31 Mar. 2026