'Downhill' definitions:
Definition of 'downhill'
(from WordNet)
adverb
Toward a lower or inferior state; "your performance has been going downhill for a long time now"
adverb
Toward the bottom of a hill; "running downhill, he gained a lot of speed"
adjective
Sloping down rather steeply [syn: declivitous, downhill, downward-sloping]
noun
The downward slope of a hill
noun
A ski race down a trail
Definition of 'Downhill'
From: GCIDE
- Downhill \Down"hill`\, n. Declivity; descent; slope. [1913 Webster]
- On th' icy downhills of this slippery life. --Du Bartas (Trans. ). [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Downhill'
From: GCIDE
- Downhill \Down"hill`\, adv. Towards the bottom of a hill; as, water runs downhill. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Downhill'
From: GCIDE
- Downhill \Down"hill`\, a. Declivous; descending; sloping. "A downhill greensward." --Congrewe. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'downhill'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- adown,
- aslant,
- aslantwise,
- aslope,
- at a slant,
- atilt,
- below,
- collapsing,
- deciduous,
- decline,
- declined,
- declining,
- declivate,
- declivitous,
- declivity,
- declivous,
- decurrent,
- descendant,
- descending,
- descent,
- dip,
- dipping,
- down,
- down south,
- down-reaching,
- downcoming,
- downfalling,
- downgate,
- downgoing,
- downgrade,
- downline,
- downright,
- downsinking,
- downstairs,
- downstream,
- downstreet,
- downtown,
- downward,
- downwards,
- downwith,
- drooping,
- drop,
- dropping,
- fall,
- falling,
- falling-off,
- hang,
- hanging,
- off plumb,
- on the descendant,
- on the downgrade,
- plummeting,
- plunging,
- rakingly,
- sagging,
- setting,
- sinking,
- slantingly,
- slantways,
- slantwise,
- slaunchways,
- slopeways,
- slopingly,
- submerging,
- subsiding,
- tipsily,
- tottering,
- tumbledown,
- upgrade,
- uphill