HILLS Synonyms: 126 Similar and Opposite Words

hills 1 of 2

noun

plural of hill

as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another the ants made little hills of dirt

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as in mounds

an area of high ground a town nestled in a valley surrounded by green hills

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as in inclines

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

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hills

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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

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Article continues below this ad The scenic overlook, which rises above Lake Austin, attracts visitors looking for views of the lake, surrounding hills and downtown skyline. — Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 29 Oct. 2026 The rooms are named for the countryside in a place with similarly lush rolling hills but just across the pond. — Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026 The town began as a mining camp called Vivian around the turn of the last century, after gold was found in the hills. — Harry Bruinius, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026 There were pastoral hills and forests, but the Kodachrome green leaves and blue skies had yellowed with time. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 Dinner is more convivial; patients plan trips to nearby towns or ascents of local hills together. — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 In the hills surrounding Taiz, the government forces are trying to repel the Houthis but face stiff resistance, especially east of the city. — ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026 Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026 Step inside, though, and you’re transported to a bucolic Britain of rolling hills and village greens, bumbling eccentrics and cute, clever farm animals. — Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 22 Oct. 2026

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Noun

When Anthropic goes public, the stock its seven cofounders hold stands to be worth up to $200 billion between them, carved up into seven nearly identical piles.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
The birthday cakes appear pulled out of manila envelopes along with piles of pictures, as if being entered into evidence at a trial.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 Oct. 2026

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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

Noun

The hiking area is extremely dangerous and known for steep inclines, loose gravel and falling rocks, according to the Italian Alpine Rescue unit, which told CNN that more than 80 people died in the Dolomites in 2026 so far.

— Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026
Lemmo With this kind of kit, the Lemmo 3 should be up to the task of tackling steep inclines and all manner of rough terrain.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of inclines

Noun

There’s a dazzling variety available, from madeleine pans to cartoon character pans to massive stacks of wedding cake pans, both round and square.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Industrial jigsaws slice stacks of denim into precise panels, which nearby seamsters then stitch into jeans, skirts, and jackets.

— Charlie Campbell, Time, 20 Oct. 2026

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The places where Baltzor typically ranges her cattle in the mountains were ravaged by record-size wildfires this summer, robbing them of the grass the herds usually eat.

— Anna King, NPR, 25 Oct. 2026
An accident in the Chihuahua mountains On April 19, the Chihuahua Attorney General’s Office reported the dismantling of a synthetic drug lab in the municipality of Morelos, in the mountains of that state.

— María Verza, Los Angeles Times, 25 Oct. 2026

Definition of mountains

Verb

Dividing clumps every few years in early spring also maintains their vigor.

— SJ McShane, Martha Stewart, 11 July 2026
Like generations of potential treatments before it, KRSA-028 is designed to break down a protein called amyloid that clumps up in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.

— Allison DeAngelis, STAT, 18 Feb. 2026

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