Uphill

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Located on high or higher ground: an uphill mine entrance.
  • adj. Going up a hill or slope: an uphill climb.
  • adj. Marked by difficulty or strong resistance; laborious: an uphill election campaign against a popular incumbent.
  • ad. To or toward higher ground; up a slope.
  • ad. Against adversity; with difficulty: struggling uphill to make ends meet.
  • n. An upward slope or incline.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • ad. up a slope, towards higher ground
  • ad. with difficulty
  • adj. located up a slope or on a hill
  • adj. going up a slope or a hill
  • adj. difficult or laborious
  • n. An uphill route.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • ad. Upwards on, or as on, a hillside.
  • adj. Ascending; going up.
  • adj. Attended with labor; difficult.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Upward; up, or as if up, an ascent: as, to walk uphill.
  • Leading or going up a rising ground; sloping upward: as, an uphill road.
  • Attended with labor, fatigue, or exertion; difficult; severe; fatiguing; burdensome: as, uphill work; hence, not having free course; hampered: as, an uphill acquaintance.
  • n. Rising ground; ascent; upward slope.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the upward slope of a hill
  • ad. against difficulties
  • ad. upward on a hill or incline
  • adj. sloping upward
  • Equivalent
    ascending   
    Antonym
    downhill   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    upgrade    climb    acclivity    raise    rise   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ascending    difficult   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bastille    Belleville    Bill    Brazil    Brill   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    downhill    upward    downward    circuitous    arduous