What is another word for uphill?
398 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ ʌphˈɪl], [ ʌphˈɪl], [ ʌ_p_h_ˈɪ_l]
Uphill, a word to describe a challenging task or situation, can be substituted by several synonyms to add variation to speech or writing. For instance, the term vertical implies an ascent on a steep incline while ascending is a verb that represents the process of going up or getting higher. Further, "mountainous" can serve as a synonym for uphill when referring to a challenging or arduous task. The adverb "steadily" can also be used to indicate a gradual ascent, whereas an adjective like "upward" emphasizes upward movement. A few more synonyms include straining, tiring, difficult and hard, providing a range of options to suit the context.
Synonyms for Uphill:
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adj.
• difficult- adverse ,
- backbreaker ,
- bothersome ,
- burdensome ,
- cantankerous ,
- complex ,
- complicated ,
- contrary ,
- cumbersome ,
- demanding ,
- easier said than done ,
- finicky ,
- fussy ,
- grinding ,
- hard-won ,
- harsh ,
- laborious ,
- onerous ,
- oppressive ,
- rough ,
- severe ,
- strenuous ,
- stressful ,
- thorny ,
- ticklish ,
- tight ,
- tricky ,
- trying ,
- up-stream ,
- wearing ,
- wearisome ,
- wearying ,
- galling ,
- immense .
- Frazzled ,
- Wayworn ,
- apathetic ,
- blue ,
- bored ,
- cheerless ,
- debilitated ,
- depressed ,
- droopy ,
- drowsy ,
- exhausted ,
- faint ,
- fatigued ,
- feeble ,
- flaccid ,
- footsore ,
- limp ,
- listless ,
- over-weary ,
- run down ,
- run-down ,
- sleepy ,
- tired ,
- wasted ,
- weak ,
- weary ,
- worn-out .
- allpowerful ,
- dis maying ,
- dis-maying ,
- mightiest ,
- more all powerful ,
- more all-powerful ,
- more allpowerful ,
- more ballbuster ,
- more dismaying ,
- most all powerful ,
- most all-powerful ,
- most allpowerful ,
- most ballbuster ,
- most dismaying ,
- over powering ,
- over-powering ,
- puissant ,
- staggering .
- Nodulous ,
- mazier ,
- maziest ,
- more gordian ,
- more nodulous ,
- more ramified ,
- more reticular ,
- most gordian ,
- most nodulous ,
- most ramified ,
- most reticular ,
- mystifying ,
- reticular .
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adv.
• all Other synonyms:
- serious .
Other relevant words:
- Acclivous ,
- Anabasis ,
- Dead lift ,
- Difficile ,
- Exercitation ,
- Fatiguing ,
- Hardily ,
- Moiling ,
- Operose ,
- Palestric ,
- Rasper ,
- Saltatory ,
- Scansorial ,
- Tipsily ,
- Upclimb ,
- Upgrowth ,
- Uprush ,
- Upshoot ,
- able ,
- abruptness ,
- abstruse ,
- acclinate ,
- acclivitous ,
- acclivity ,
- ado ,
- against the grain ,
- aloft ,
- altitude ,
- anabatic ,
- arduously ,
- ascendant ,
- ascending ,
- ascension ,
- ascensional ,
- ascensive ,
- ascent ,
- aslant ,
- aslantwise ,
- aslope ,
- asperity ,
- at a slant ,
- at long odds ,
- atilt ,
- back-breaking ,
- backbreaking ,
- badly ,
- barely ,
- besotted ,
- blotto ,
- brutal ,
- buckram ,
- challenging ,
- clamber ,
- climb ,
- climbing ,
- cogent ,
- conundrum ,
- critical ,
- crocked ,
- cruelly ,
- crushing ,
- declension ,
- declination ,
- decline ,
- declivity ,
- delicate ,
- difficulty ,
- distress ,
- downgrade ,
- drunk ,
- effortful ,
- elaborate ,
- elevation ,
- emerging ,
- enigma ,
- escalade ,
- escalating ,
- exacting ,
- exercise ,
- exhausting ,
- firmly ,
- forced ,
- fountain ,
- fuddled ,
- grade ,
- gradient ,
- gravely ,
- grueling ,
- gruelling ,
- gush ,
- gymnastic ,
- gymnastics ,
- hairy ,
- hard work ,
- hard-earned ,
- hard-fought ,
- hardly ,
- hardness ,
- harrowing ,
- harshly ,
- harvest time ,
- heavenward ,
- heavily ,
- heavy ,
- heft ,
- hefty ,
- height ,
- hellacious ,
- herculean ,
- hill ,
- hillock ,
- hindrance ,
- impediment ,
- impossibility ,
- impracticability ,
- in the air ,
- in the ascendant ,
- inconvenient ,
- increase ,
- increasingly ,
- intricate ,
- jam ,
- jet ,
- jump ,
- killing ,
- knot ,
- knotted ,
- labored ,
- laboriously ,
- laboured ,
- leap ,
- leaping ,
- levitation ,
- loaded ,
- mean ,
- mount ,
- mounting ,
- no picnic ,
- not easy ,
- painful ,
- painfully ,
- pick-and-shovel ,
- pissed ,
- pixilated ,
- plastered ,
- potent ,
- potty ,
- powerful ,
- precipitousness ,
- problem ,
- punishing ,
- rampant ,
- rearing ,
- rigid ,
- rigorous ,
- rise ,
- rising ,
- rising ground ,
- roughly ,
- ruggedly ,
- saltation ,
- scandent ,
- severely ,
- shooting up ,
- skyrocketing ,
- skyward ,
- slantingly ,
- slantways ,
- slantwise ,
- slaunchways ,
- slope ,
- sloping upward ,
- slopingly ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- smashed ,
- soaked ,
- soaring ,
- solidly ,
- soused ,
- spiny ,
- spiraling ,
- spout ,
- spring ,
- springing ,
- spurt ,
- squiffy ,
- starchy ,
- steep ,
- steepness ,
- stiff ,
- stiffly ,
- strained ,
- sturdily ,
- surge ,
- sweaty ,
- takeoff ,
- taking off ,
- taxing ,
- teaser ,
- testing ,
- tipsy ,
- tiring ,
- tough going ,
- tough job ,
- toughly ,
- toward summit ,
- trouble ,
- up north ,
- upcoming ,
- updraft ,
- upgang ,
- upgrade ,
- uphill work ,
- upleap ,
- uplift ,
- upping ,
- uprightly ,
- uprise ,
- uprising ,
- upslope ,
- upstairs ,
- upstream ,
- upsurge ,
- upsweep ,
- upswing ,
- uptown ,
- upwardly ,
- upwards ,
- vault ,
- verticalness ,
- wear and tear ,
- wet ,
- wicked ,
- with difficulty ,
- with much ado ,
- zooming .
- down .
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How to use "Uphill" in context?
When someone thinks of being "uphill", they may think of a fun race where they are trying to get to the top as fast as possible. But, what about the rest of the time? For many people, uphill means walking to a nearby store, picking up groceries, and walking back home. It can also be a literal uphill climb to a higher elevation. Non-profit groups, such as the American Red Cross, often use the metaphor of "uphill" to describe the challenges of providing disaster relief.
During a disaster, transport resources and supplies to where they are needed the most can be a challenge under any circumstances.
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challenging, fierce, formidable, hard, hard-fought, harsh, onerous, painstaking, rough, strenuous, upward.
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