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downhill

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of downhill

involving minimal difficulty or effort
  • The project should be all downhill after this problem is fixed.
Synonyms of downhill

cheap, easy, effortless, facile, fluent, fluid, hands-down, light, painless, ready, royal, simple, smooth, snap, soft
Words Related to downhill

idiotproof, mindless, quick, straightforward, unchallenging, uncomplicated

apparent, clear, clear-cut, distinct, evident, manifest, obvious, open-and-shut, palpable, patent, perspicuous, plain, transparent, unambiguous, unequivocal, unmistakable
Near Antonyms of downhill

burdensome, exhausting, onerous, oppressive, painful, stressful, taxing, troublesome

abstruse, complex, complicated, intricate, involved, knotty, problematic (also problematical), recondite
Antonyms of downhill

arduous, demanding, difficult, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), hard, herculean, killer, labored, laborious, murderous, rough, severe, stiff, strenuous, toilful, toilsome, tough

downhill

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of downhill

a downward slope
  • Most runners will have their best splits on the downhills.
Synonyms of downhill

declension, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, fall, hang, hanging
Words Related to downhill

basin, depression, hollow
Near Antonyms of downhill

grade, gradient, hill, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, tilt
Antonyms of downhill

acclivity, ascent, rise, upgrade, uphill, uprise

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