| 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: | bank |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | collect money or advantage |
Synonyms: |
amass, deposit, heap, hill, hoard, invest, lay aside, lay away, mass, mound, pile, put by, salt away, save, sock away, speculate, squirrel, stash |
Antonyms: |
disburse, spend |
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precipice |
Synonyms: |
bank, cliff, crag, escarpment, headland, hill, mountain, peak, promontory, ridge, rock |
| Main Entry: | capital |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | city of governmental seat |
Synonyms: |
control, county seat, metropolis, municipality, political front, principal city, the Hill |
| Notes: | the word capitol is from the Roman Capitoline Hill and the similarity between capitol and capital is purely coincidental; capitol applies to the building and capital to the seat of a government |
| Main Entry: | congress |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | delegation of representatives |
Synonyms: |
assembly, association, caucus, chamber, club, committee, conclave, conference, convention, convocation, council, delegates, government, guild, league, legislative body, legislature, meeting, order, parliament, senate, society, the Hill, the house, union |
| Main Entry: | decline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | downward change in value, position |
Synonyms: |
declivity, decrease, depression, descent, dip, downslide, downswing, downtrend, downturn, drop, drop-off, fall-off, hill, incline, lapse, loss, lowering, pitch, sag, slide, slip, slope, slump |
Antonyms: |
ascent, increase, rise |
| Main Entry: | descent |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moving down; lowering |
Synonyms: |
cave-in, coast, coming down, crash, declension, declination, decline, declivity, dip, downgrade, droop, drop, drop-off, fall, falling, grade, gradient, header, hill, inclination, incline, landslide, plummeting, plunge, plunging, precipitation, prolapse, sag, settlement, sinkage, sinking, slant, slide, slip, slope, swoop, tailspin, topple, tumble |
Antonyms: |
ascension, ascent, elevation, increase, rise, upgrade |
| Main Entry: | downgrade |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slope |
Synonyms: |
decline, declivity, descent, dip, hill, inclination, pitch |
Antonyms: |
upgrade |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation |
Synonyms: |
alluvion, bank, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, deposit, heap, hill, lot, mass, mound, mountain, parcel, pile, set, shock, stack |
| 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 |
Antonyms: |
depression, lowness |