Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun uphill
1 sense of uphill
Sense 1
uphill -- (the upward slope of a hill)
=> ascent, acclivity, rise, raise, climb, upgrade -- (an upward slope or grade (as in a road); "the car couldn't make it up the rise")
Antonyms of adj uphill
1 sense of uphill
Sense 1
acclivitous, rising, uphill -- (sloping upward)
INDIRECT (VIA ascending) -> descending -- (coming down or downward)
Similarity of adj uphill
1 sense of uphill
Sense 1
acclivitous, rising, uphill -- (sloping upward)
=> ascending (prenominal) (vs. descending) -- (moving or going or growing upward; "the ascending plane"; "the ascending staircase"; "the ascending stems of chickweed")
Synonyms of adv uphill
2 senses of uphill
Sense 1
uphill -- (against difficulties; "she was talking uphill")
Sense 2
uphill -- (upward on a hill or incline; "this street lay uphill")