Antonyms 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. • Descent

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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

   Antonyms:
   ascending(a)

   Synonyms:
   downward-sloping, declivitous

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)

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

1. downhilladjective

   Synonyms:
   declivous, descending, sloping

2. downhillnoun

   Synonyms:
   descent, declivity, slope

How to use downhill in a sentence?

1. Geoff Ogilvy:

   They are just quality holes out there, it's an incredible bunch of holes on not an amazing piece of land, really, compared it to a lot of other great courses. Cool and interesting stuff uphill, downhill, Geoff Ogilvy have to move the ball both ways, awkward angles. It's just a great golf course, really. And it's immaculate this year. Nobody likes the drought in California, but it's good for a course like this to dry out a little bit.

2. Ronald Hershow:

   Honestly, I would be surprised if we can point to this recent downturn as the moment in time where we turn the corner and everything’s downhill from here.

3. Neil Thomas:

   The Neil Thomas and China are in a period of strategic competition, relations are overall going downhill, and that trend has continued through the talks today, but the fact that both sides wanted to hold this meeting... shows that that both Joe Biden and Xi Jinping still want to put some kind of floor beneath deteriorating relations, because they both know this is the most important bilateral relationship in the world. It has significant consequences for global stability -- for politics, for security, and economically.

4. George Sarris:

   It took three years for the country to come close to turning around, after the January 25 elections it all went downhill. Now things are bleak. For me, there is no salvation here.

5. Chris Patten:

   It's fair to say for 10 years after 1997, maybe a bit longer, things did not go too badly wrong, but they've gone downhill since, partly because Xi Jinping and his colleagues are terrified of what Hong Kong actually stands for.

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