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hill

[hil] / hɪl /
NOUN
uprising of earth's surface; pile
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bluff cliff dune highland hillside hilltop ridge slope
STRONG
acclivity ascent butte climb down drift elevation eminence esker fell gradient headland heap height hillock hummock inclination incline knoll mesa mound mount precipice prominence promontory protuberance range rise shock stack summit talus tor upland
WEAK
rising ground
Antonyms
STRONG
bottom decline depression nadir
WEAK
canyon ditch gully

Example Sentences

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The AI castle on a hill boasts best performance/watt training and inference.

From Barron's • Apr. 17, 2026

And then there were the signs, stuck on stakes, posted on telephone poles, taped to mailboxes all over the hill.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 16, 2026

And as soon as there’s a chill in the air, ticket holders get hungry for the hill.

From Slate • Apr. 11, 2026

Last fall, our writer Dave Shedloski chose this hill to die on, “Fellow Golfers, It’s Time to Get Rid of the ‘Gimme’ Putt.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026

But in a short time, as the trail climbed a hill and went down again over a bridge and frozen stream, I saw the moose, the ones the driver had warned me about.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell