uphill

requiring considerable physical or mental effort an uphill battle to eradicate poverty in an area of the state that has never known anything else Synonyms of uphill arduous, Augean, backbreaking, challenging, demanding, difficult, effortful, exacting, formidable, grueling (or gruelling), heavy, hellacious, herculean, killer, laborious, moiling, murderous, pick-and-shovel, rigorous, rough, rugged, severe, stiff, strenuous, sweaty, tall, testing, toilsome, tough, hardWords Related to uphill abstract, abstruse, complex, complicated, elusive, hairy, insoluble, intricate, involved, knotty, opaque, problematic (also problematical), recondite, serious, spiny, stubborn, thorny, ticklish, tricky; bruising, burdensome, exhausting, labored, onerous, oppressive, stressful, taxing, tight, trying; annoying, bothersome, distressing, irksome, troublesome, vexatious; grievous, grim, strict, stringent; brutal, cruel, inhuman, painfulNear Antonyms of uphill achievable, clear, doable, elementary, manageable, uncomplicated; comforting, gentle, painless, relaxed, smooth, soothing; accessible, friendly, idiotproof, user-friendlyAntonyms of uphill cheap, easy, effortless, facile, light, mindless, simple, soft, undemanding

an upward slope no matter where you go bicycle touring, the uphills always seem to outnumber the downhills Synonyms of uphill acclivity, hill, rise, upgrade, ascent, upriseWords Related to uphill cant, diagonal, glacis, grade, gradient, inclination, incline, lean, pitch, rake, tilt; climb, hump, mound, ridge, swellNear Antonyms of uphill basin, depression, hollowAntonyms of uphill declension, decline, declivity, descent, dip, downgrade, downhill, drop-off, fall, hang, hanging