HILLOCKS Synonyms: 56 Similar and Opposite Words

hillocks

noun

plural of hillock

as in hummocks

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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
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

Baitz’s story is set in Palm Springs, in December, 2004, at the home of Polly and Lyman Wyeth, an opulent sandstone aerie with meditative views of the desert, a massive Christmas tree, and portraits of eminences like Barry Goldwater.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2026
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

Definition of eminences

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Here, fertile uplands, farms, and rolling pastures offer a different view of the island—and a chance to learn about its paniolo, or Hawaiian cowboy, traditions.

— Kevin Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 9 Oct. 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

That includes colorblock styling, chunky knobs and physical controls, and simple shapes that make each device memorable and distinctive.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 17 Oct. 2026
Even the comfort and driving control knobs situated below the phone mount pull out and push back in.

— Caleb Jacobs, The Drive, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of knobs

Noun

Israel regularly imposes restrictions on movement across the Palestinian occupied territory with some 925 checkpoints, roadblocks, earth mounds and other barriers.

— Ruth Sherlock, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
But despite this, they were still conceived of as being located within the mounds themselves, real-world anchors for these strange, marvelous realms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mounds

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The vast Puya de Raimondi forest is on your doorstep, where thousands of giant bromeliads—the largest on the planet—rise like sentinels over the highlands.

— Luke Abrahams, Vogue, 27 Oct. 2026
In the highlands, people traditionally cooked with lard, Buettner said, while Bolotana residents use olive oil from ancient trees.

— Angelica Stabile, FOXNews.com, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of highlands

Noun

Who else to argue with about the last humps of the Slinky Dog Dash ride?

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 24 Sep. 2026
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

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

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