KNOLL Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

knoll

noun

Definition of knoll

as in mountain

a small hill a grassy knoll

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Recent Examples of knoll As visitors like Fulkerson settled into folding chairs arranged along the same grassy knoll where John Brown and his followers fought their way into the red-brick armory, Kerwin rose, stepped to the microphone and looked out at the crowd gathered before her. — Marissa J. Lang, NPR, 26 June 2026 About a mile north of Hereford High School on York Road is a grassy knoll rolling down to the Gunpowder River. — Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 18 June 2026 Would that every schoolchild could stand on the grassy knoll for a quiet minute, pondering the imponderables. — Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 26 May 2026 Perched on a grassy knoll on the edge of downtown, The Inn sits comfortably away from bustling Main Street while maintaining easy walking distance to all of Berlin’s shops, restaurants, and galleries. — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for knoll

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Noun

The bear was also recently featured in Southern Living — for a few months each fall, a local mountain casts a shadow shaped like a bear onto the fall foliage below.

— Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of mountain

Noun

To get gravel for Circleville’s roads, workers dug into a nearby hillock.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The clamber up and over a few small hillocks is all part of the fun, as is a brave cold water dip, but the real magic can be found amongst the sand dunes.

— Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of hillock

Noun

Scoresby scoured the tundra with his binoculars and spotted two musk oxen—hairy hummocks on the hill.

— Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025
Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks.

— Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024

Definition of hummock

Noun

Temperatures begin a cooling trend on Friday, with Moderate HeatRisk in the foothill thermal belts and in Sacramento; Minor HeatRisk elsewhere.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
But in Southern California’s wealthy foothill enclaves, event promoters are regularly transforming these types of regal estates into weekend party houses filled with young people who are willing to pay to enter.

— Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of foothill

Noun

Once again, if Tesla were bringing already big and fast-rising profits to the table, the task wouldn’t be nearly as difficult.

— Shawn Tully, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2026
Military force may alter the balance of pain without resolving the disputes each side will eventually have to confront across the negotiating table.

— Ali Vaez, Time, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of table

Noun

The county maintains the underwater land that would house the marina piers is part of the same piece of real estate as the upland Seaquarium property.

— Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 Oct. 2026
Shorebirds feed at the lochs’ edges, and upland raptors soar over the moors.

— Alexandra Marvar, Vogue, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of upland

Noun

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
Even if tourism areas are operating as usual, communities near the fires in the mountain highlands are directly affected.

— Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of highland

Noun

Its vibrant Emerald Check pattern extends from the base plate to the lid, which is topped with an ornamental glass knob that feels fit for royalty.

— Caley Sturgill, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2026
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

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