DECLIVITY Synonyms: 28 Similar and Opposite Words

declivity

noun

di-ˈkli-və-tē

Definition of declivity

as in downhill

a downward slope the cabin is precariously perched on a declivity of the mountain's northern face

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Recent Examples of declivity Even after weeks of drying winds, the crackly leaves worked themselves into every corner and declivity. — Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025

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Noun

Squiban slid off her bike heading into a turn on a downhill section and landed heavily on her left side.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Still one of the hottest downhill destination in the Europe right now?

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 July 2026

Definition of downhill

Noun

The Italian supreme court’s abolition of 2024 restrictions on citizenship by descent means American families who’d been torn apart by the new legislation can now be reunited.

— Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 8 Aug. 2026
In the guest book, in 2024, a guest creatively wrote a six-entry (three days and three nights) account of their stay there, a descent into madness at the hands of the structure’s steady creaking and the sounds of twigs snapping in the woods below.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Aug. 2026

Definition of descent

Noun

This decline could affect the annual value of his next contract.

— Bernie Pleskoff, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2026
Overall, patients who took estrogen-only hormone therapy for menopause were less likely to display signs of memory loss or cognitive decline or to be diagnosed with dementia.

— Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026

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