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upland

[uhp-luhnd, -land] / ˈʌp lənd, -ˌlænd /
NOUN
eminence
Synonyms
STRONGEST
prominence
STRONG
altitude elevation height highland highness hill hillock knoll loftiness peak project promontory raise ridge rise summit
Antonyms
STRONG
base bottom decrease depth drop lowness nadir
WEAK
flat inferiority low ground unimportance
NOUN
hill
Synonyms
STRONGEST
bluff cliff dune highland hillside 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
WEAK
rising ground
Antonyms
STRONG
bottom decline depression nadir
WEAK
canyon ditch gully
NOUN
mesa
Synonyms
STRONG
butte elevation highland plain tableland
NOUN
plateau
Synonyms
STRONGEST
elevation highland plain
STRONG
mesa stage table tableland
NOUN
ridge
Synonyms
STRONGEST
hill rim
STRONG
backbone chine corrugation crease crinkle elevation esker fold furrow hogback moraine parapet plica pole range rib ruck seam spine wrinkle
WEAK
rimple rivel
Antonyms
WEAK
flat plain
NOUN
rise
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ascent climb rising surge upsurge
STRONG
acclivity ascension elevation eminence highland hillock incline lift mount soaring towering
WEAK
rising ground
Antonyms
WEAK
decline decrease drop fall slump worsening
NOUN
table
Synonyms
STRONG
flat mesa plain plateau tableland

Example Sentences

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History is not a world-spirit moving inexorably towards some breezy, sunlit upland of wisdom.

From Salon • Mar. 28, 2026

Afternoon tours at Ryan Bonaminio Park in Riverside, which features restored native plants from local floodplains and upland areas that support pollinators, will be held at 1 p.m. and 2 p.m.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 18, 2026

Ancient maize genomes from the Ozark rockshelters indicated that maize entered eastern North America at least twice, tracing ancestry to both the upland US Southwest and southern Texas.

From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2024

Drones have been buzzing over Welsh wetlands this year as researchers try to find curlew nests and save the upland wader from extinction.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2024

The little upland lawn was open upon the East and was filled now with the early sunlight.

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien