Synonyms for downhill
ˈdaʊnˈhɪl; ˈdaʊnˌhɪldown·hill

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1. downhillnoun

   Antonyms:
   uphill

2. downhillnoun

   located down a slope or hill

   Because we got to the summit of the mountain, we could only go downhill from there

   Antonyms:
   uphill

3. downhilladjective

   going down a slope or a hill

   Antonyms:
   uphill

4. downhilladjective

   Antonyms:
   uphill

5. downhilladjective

   After Don made those tasteless remarks, our relationship with him went downhill.

   Antonyms:
   uphill

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1. downhillnoun

   the downward slope of a hill

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a)

2. downhilladjective

   a ski race down a trail

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a)

3. declivitous, downhill, downward-slopingadverb

   sloping down rather steeply

   Synonyms:
   downward-sloping, declivitous

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a)

4. downhilladverb

   toward a lower or inferior state

   "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a)

5. downhilladverb

   toward the bottom of a hill

   "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a)

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1. • Descent

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. downhilladjective

   Synonyms:
   declivous, descending, sloping

2. downhillnoun

   Synonyms:
   descent, declivity, slope

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1. List of paraphrases for "downhill":

   downslope, alpine, descent, alighting

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1. Jose Erwin Balita:

   There was disappointment in the street, from there, it was all downhill.

2. Beth Abbot:

   He was ash white and then he started to turn blue, just in a snap second it started to go downhill rather quickly.

3. Olivier Toupet:

   Sand is a big concern, if we drive downhill into a dune, we could embed ourselves into it and not be able to get back out.

4. Delon Adams:

   They always seemed to get it under control, but on July 29, it went downhill.

5. Kyle Kuzma:

   I think we kind of gave in a little bit, on the offensive end, shots really didn’t fall, and a couple of bad possessions led to a lack of effort on the defensive end — guys getting open 3s, Rudy getting a couple of dunks, guys getting downhill a little bit easier.