HILLOCK Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

hillock

noun

Definition of hillock

as in knoll

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Recent Examples of hillock 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 Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab. — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 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

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
Sitting on a knoll over a four-acre peninsula, the clubhouse has 270-degree views of the lake.

— Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 July 2026

Definition of knoll

Noun

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
Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.

— Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

Definition of foothill

Noun

To unfold it, step on the base, pull the release knob, and choose the preferred height, which is then secured with the locking mechanism.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 14 Aug. 2026
Its front door was six inches too short for its frame and outfitted with a bathroom push knob instead of a lever handle, almost as if the original slab had been blown from its casing by an internal explosion.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of knob

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Lukas Dhont’s war drama Coward, yet another Cannes entry (the festival’s pre-eminence in this category continues), is another that critics are high on.

— Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.

— Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026

Definition of eminence

Noun

My walk took me over the peaks and ridges of the Eastern highlands, on a narrow footpath that rose and fell thousands of feet in the course of an average day.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Aug. 2026
As colonial administrators and missionaries had penetrated the highlands, the practice of cannibalism had ended and kuru had begun to recede.

— Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026

Definition of highland

Noun

The boy was spotted sitting on his own at a hut about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) above sea level – slightly more than halfway up the country’s tallest mountain – by a worker on Thursday, according to CNN’s affiliate TV Asahi.

— Chris Lau, CNN Money, 23 Aug. 2026
Monday will see the riders tackle the first mountain stage of the 81st edition, a tough 174-kilometer (108-mile) route from Gruissan-Aude past the city of Perpignan before the climb to the ski resort of Font Romeu in the Pyrenees.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 Aug. 2026

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