| Main Entry: | hillock |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hill |
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acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit |
| Main Entry: | dune |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hill |
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hillock, hummock, knoll, ridge, sand drift, sand dune, sand pile |
| Main Entry: | elevation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | height; high ground |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, altitude, ascent, boost, eminence, heave, hill, hillock, hoist, levitation, mountain, platform, ridge, rise, roof, top, uplift, upthrow |
| Notes: | an elevation is a two-dimensional scale drawing of something as if one were viewing it from one side; a section is a two-dimensional scale drawing of one part or detail of an object or structure; and a plan is a two-dimensional scale drawing showing the view of an object or structure as if one were looking down on it from above |
Antonyms: |
depression, lowness |
| Main Entry: | eminence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | high ground |
Synonyms: |
altitude, elevation, height, highland, highness, hill, hillock, knoll, loftiness, peak, project, prominence, promontory, raise, ridge, rise, summit, upland |
Antonyms: |
flat, low ground |
| Main Entry: | hill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | uprising of earth's surface; pile |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, climb, down, drift, dune, elevation, eminence, esker, fell, gradient, headland, heap, height, highland, hillock, hillside, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, protuberance, range, ridge, rise, rising ground, shock, slope, stack, summit, talus, tor, upland |
Antonyms: |
canyon, ditch, gulley |
| Main Entry: | knoll |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small hill |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, ascent, bluff, butte, cliff, drift, dune, elevation, esker, headland, heap, highland, hillock, hilltop, hummock, inclination, incline, knoll, mesa, mound, mount, precipice, prominence, promontory, ridge, rise, slope, summit |
| Main Entry: | mound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap, hill |
Synonyms: |
anthill, bank, drift, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, mass, molehill, mountain, pile, rise, shock, stack, tumulus |
Antonyms: |
depression, ditch, valley |
| Main Entry: | rise |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | movement upward; upward slope |
Synonyms: |
acclivity, ascension, ascent, climb, elevation, eminence, highland, hillock, incline, lift, mount, rising, rising ground, soaring, surge, towering, upland, upsurge |
Antonyms: |
decline, drop, fall |
| Concept: | Elevation. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
elevation; raising; erection, lift; sublevation, upheaval; sublimation, exaltation; prominence (convexity)., lever; crane, derrick, windlass, capstan, winch; dredge, dredger, dredging machine; dumbwaiter, elevator, escalator, lift.
-verbs
heighten, elevate, raise, lift, erect; set up, stick up, perch up, perk up, tilt up; rear, hoist, heave; uplift, upraise, uprear, upbear, upcast, uphoist, upheave; buoy, weigh mount, give a lift; exalt; sublimate; place on a pedestal, set on a pedestal., take up, drag up, fish up; dredge., stand up, rise up, get up, jump up; spring to one's feet; hold oneself, hold one's head up; drawn oneself up to his full height.
-adjectives
elevated; stilted, attollent, rampant.
-adverbs
on stilts, on the shoulders of, on one's legs, on one's hind legs.
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Antonyms: |
depression |
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