hillside

[hil-sahyd] / ˈhɪlˌsaɪd /

NOUN

hill

Synonyms

STRONGEST

bluff cliff dune highland hilltop ridge slope

STRONG

acclivity ascent butte climb down drift elevation eminence esker fell gradient headland heap height hillock hummock inclination incline knoll mesa mound mount precipice prominence promontory protuberance range rise shock stack summit talus tor upland

WEAK

rising ground

Antonyms

STRONG

bottom decline depression nadir

WEAK

canyon ditch gully

NOUN

side

Synonyms

STRONGEST

border bottom face front hand part rear sector surface top view

STRONG

aspect attitude boundary direction disposition division elevation facet flank haunch jamb lee limit loin margin perimeter periphery posture quarter rim stance stand verge wing

Antonyms

STRONGEST

back inside interior middle rear whole

STRONG

center

WEAK

extremity

Example Sentences

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In the local hospital, a modest building nestled within the hillside town's trees and high grass, healthcare workers are rinsing both floor and walls with a chlorine solution.

From Barron's • May 24, 2026

On Thursday afternoon, fire crews in Santa Barbara rushed to a hillside where flames and smoke seemed to erupt out of an opening in the cliffs.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

Scottish Borders Council initially evicted the trio from a hillside site above Jedburgh in July.

From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026

In 2016, geologist Rowan Martindale was hiking across a hillside in Morocco when something unusual caught her eye.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

But now all I heard was a beetle buzzing past; up the hillside I saw a few fireflies blinking, the first I had seen this year.

From "Z for Zachariah" by Robert C. O’Brien

hillside

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