Synonyms of hills

hills 1 of 2

noun

plural of hill

1

as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

the ants made little hills of dirt

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• stacks
• mountains
• mounds
• heaps
• cocks
• banks
• embankments
• layers
• hoards
• beds
• drifts
• pyramids
• collections
• arrays
• accumulations
• bars
• assemblages
• groupings
• jumbles
• barrows
• aggregates
• ricks
• cairns
• gatherings
• mows
• pyres
• knots
• conglomerations
• pileups
• huddles

2

as in mounds

an area of high ground

a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mounds
• mountains
• cliffs
• highlands
• uplands
• elevations
• knolls
• altitudes
• crags
• bluffs
• eminences
• foothills
• prominences
• humps
• ridges
• heights
• plateaus
• plateaux
• peaks
• rises
• mesas
• tablelands
• mounts
• buttes
• precipices
• alps
• domes
• hillocks
• steeps
• tors
• sierras
• tables
• hummocks
• downs
• knobs
• sugarloaves
• sugarloafs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowlands
• valleys
• hollows
• depressions
• plains
• dales
• vales
• glens
• flats
• basins
• dells
• bottoms
• floodplains
• fens
• bottomlands
• dingles
• tidewaters

3

as in inclines

an upward slope

I got stuck behind a truck going up a hill in a no-passing zone

Synonyms & Similar Words

• inclines
• ascents
• climbs
• gradients
• inclinations
• uphills
• ridges
• acclivities
• upgrades
• rises
• uprises
• diagonals
• glacis
• pitches
• rakes
• tilts
• cants
• humps
• mounds
• leans
• swells
• grades

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• falls
• dips
• hangs
• declines
• descents
• hangings
• basins
• declivities
• downgrades
• hollows
• downhills
• depressions
• declensions
• drop-offs

hills

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of hill

as in banks

to form into a pile or ridge of earth

hilled peat moss around the rosebushes to protect them from the freeze

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mounds
• piles
• banks
• clumps
• stacks
• lumps
• pyramids
• heaps
• masses
• groups
• gathers
• bunches
• accumulates
• wads
• collects
• assembles
• conglomerates
• bundles
• embanks
• amasses

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hills

Noun

Departing from its 1905 depot like a moving postcard, the train follows the Toccoa River, passing sycamores and sourwoods, rolling hills, and farms along the way. —Taryn White, Travel + Leisure, 9 Sep. 2025

It is written and directed by Evans, also deaf, and features an all-deaf cast, set atop the rolling hills of the English countryside in a quaint stately home. —Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025

The Germans had placed several obstacles along the beach, hidden under the high-tide water, that thwarted Allied efforts even to reach the beach, let alone cross it and scale the hills and cliffs leading to higher ground where the Germans were positioned. —Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

Hoping to teach Arj a lesson about coming to terms with his own life, the well-meaning but naive Gabriel swaps Arj's life with that of Jeff's (Seth Rogen), a wealthy venture capitalist living large in a ritzy home high above the hills. —Jessica Wang, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Sep. 2025

Under the guidance of world champion Judi Oyama, Kahaku found her stride running cones down hills and fell in love with the discipline. —Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 7 Sep. 2025

For example, doors open for the Soil to Fork Experience, where visitors learn about farming the Quintosapore way and are then treated to an outdoor lunch with a view of the hills and Città della Pieve in the distance. —Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 6 Sep. 2025

The city lies close to the Tennessee border and is part of the larger Tennessee Valley region, which is known for its rolling hills, rivers, and strong ties to aerospace and defense industries. —Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025