hillocks

noun

plural of hillock
as in hummocks

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hillocks
  1. knolls
  2. eminences
  3. uplands
  4. knobs
  5. mounds
  6. highlands
  7. humps
  8. prominences
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
  • All the intricate meetings and rolling knolls, all the reliable critiques of the kids today, have left this former student in the ranking spirit.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 10 Apr. 2026
Definition of knolls
Noun
  • These speakers join previously announced eminences from Amazon, Calm, Contextual AI, CoreWeave, Databricks, DataSnipper, Exelon, Glean, Google, Intuit, Rivian, and Serve Robotics.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 17 Nov. 2025
  • It was started by Goodall, Desmond Tutu, and other eminences.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025
Definition of eminences
Noun
  • Many hundreds of years ago, Hawaiians planted breadfruit, and the trees captured the spring water that flowed from the uplands, keeping the soil moist.
    — Julie Orringer, Travel + Leisure, 9 June 2026
  • This drought tolerant vine grows naturally on dry, sandy soils in pine forest openings and coastal uplands.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 16 May 2026
Definition of uplands
Noun
  • All the mixes and all the pans and everything were all people operating the things, the pots, the knobs and things.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 24 Aug. 2026
  • Even the most outdated cabinets can be given a makeover by replacing the cabinet hardware—think swapping out those white enamel knobs for bars with a matte black finish, for example.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, The Spruce, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of knobs
Noun
  • And in a sense, chocolate may have helped build the Mississippian mounds.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Hike or bike trails in Casper Bluff Land and Water Reserve, where Native American mounds dot a landscape overlooking the Mississippi River.
    — Taryn Shorr-Mckee, Midwest Living, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of mounds
Noun
  • Beyond the conventional routes lie some of the world’s most striking volcanic highlands, black-sand beaches, and untamed wilderness—landscapes that reward those willing to venture farther afield.
    — Gwen Nicol, Travel + Leisure, 29 Aug. 2026
  • 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
Definition of highlands
Noun
  • On Laurel Street, a short residential thoroughfare, speeds fell from between 25 to 30 mph to less than 20 mph after speed humps were added.
    — Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
  • In fact, while sand traps aren’t overabundant, elevation changes, natural grass humps and, yes, some sand does challenge you most every hole.
    — Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 18 June 2026
Definition of humps
Noun
  • The corona, prominences and extraordinary black void that had dominated the sky were about to disappear once more into the overwhelming glare of the sun.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Totality also brought glimpses of pinkish-red prominences—fountains of plasma arcing above the sun’s surface, dancing at the moon’s edge.
    — Claire Cameron & Lee Billings, Scientific American, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of prominences
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