HILLOCK Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

hillock

noun

Definition of hillock

as in knoll

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Recent Examples of hillock To get gravel for Circleville’s roads, workers dug into a nearby hillock. — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026 The clamber up and over a few small hillocks is all part of the fun, as is a brave cold water dip, but the real magic can be found amongst the sand dunes. — Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026 Terrazzo slabs of terrine with good brown bread and a hillock of cornichons. — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit Magazine, 12 Sep. 2025 With the Sayre’s prime setting on a hillock, guests have a clear view of the intact former Bethlehem Steel blast furnaces a few miles away. — John Oseid, Forbes.com, 10 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for hillock

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Noun

Look out for the extraterrestrial shooter on the grassy knoll.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 23 Sep. 2026
All the country is rolling, and there are a few granite outcrops from 50 to 200 feet high—sort of knolls or knobs.

— Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 23 July 2026

Definition of knoll

Noun

Scoresby scoured the tundra with his binoculars and spotted two musk oxen—hairy hummocks on the hill.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.

— Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024

Definition of hummock

Noun

Temperatures begin a cooling trend on Friday, with Moderate HeatRisk in the foothill thermal belts and in Sacramento; Minor HeatRisk elsewhere.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
But in Southern California’s wealthy foothill enclaves, event promoters are regularly transforming these types of regal estates into weekend party houses filled with young people who are willing to pay to enter.

— Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of foothill

Noun

Tushy Fresh Dual-Nozzle Bidet Offering easy installation, this bidet with a no-frills interface has some relaxing perks (including a heated water option) without too many extra knobs and levers.

— Audrey Lee, Architectural Digest, 8 Oct. 2026
The resistance knob on a spin bike gives you a continuous, private metric of effort.

— Dan Rockmore, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of knob

Noun

But of the leaders of those three mega-bands, perhaps the most mysterious remains Pete Townshend, The Who’s songwriter and enigmatic eminence, thrashing chords and smashing guitars while Roger Daltrey handled lead vocals.

— Matthew Carey, Deadline, 3 Oct. 2026
For Ne’ilah, the eminence of humanity consists in the ability to repent and set things right before man and God.

— Reuven Kimelman, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of eminence

Noun

After posting a picture on a random rock in the Turkish highlands on Instagram, Salah has transformed the spot into a tourist attraction, with droves of fans making the pilgrimage.

— Justin Birnbaum, Sportico.com, 6 Oct. 2026
Several factors were in place to trigger the collapse of PLC forces on the Red Sea coast that are not in place for the southwest highlands.

— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of highland

Noun

Reaching Gary Grabowske’s land requires grinding along rocky mountain trails and through gullies carved by flash floods.

— Rebecca Santana, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026
By the time jokes start flying, about 12,300 tickets will have been purchased, said Creston Thornton, president of promoter Live Nation’s mountain region.

— Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Oct. 2026

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