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
  • Moose were plentiful, feeding and resting on grassy knolls.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 14 May 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
  • Scout with the buttons and the knobs and the and the iconic name and design.
    — Joel Feder, The Drive, 9 July 2026
  • Dry the stovetop, knobs, and front with a clean cloth and replace the knobs.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 9 July 2026
Definition of knobs
Noun
  • Over the years, mounds, pottery shards and other relics of Native American settlements that once dotted the swamp have been discovered.
    — Drew Kann, AJC.com, 20 July 2026
  • In an effort to starve the Native Americans of the Great Plains, white settlers massacred many millions of North American buffalo between 1870 and 1890, piling the animals’ skulls into monstrous mounds reaching up to the sky.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 July 2026
Definition of mounds
Noun
  • Smith Galer writes powerfully about the experiences of Kichwa speakers in the Ecuadorian highlands.
    — Nikhil Krishnan, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Over thousands of years, Martian winds have sculpted this volcanic sand into dunes that now ripple through the floor of Kaiser Crater, a 129-mile-wide (207-kilometer-wide) impact basin in the planet's southern highlands.
    — Sharmila Kuthunur, Space.com, 17 July 2026
Definition of highlands
Noun
  • 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
  • Her office released a report last month critical of the design and placement of speed humps and bumps.
    — Joe Holden, CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
Definition of humps
Noun
  • Astrophotographer Mark Johnston has captured two mesmerizing views of giant solar prominences — towering clouds of glowing plasma suspended above the sun by magnetic fields.
    — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 5 June 2026
  • Instead, the Economy seat puts pressure on the bonny prominences of the hip and restricts blood circulation.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 16 Dec. 2025
Definition of prominences
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