Synonyms of the word

downhill

• adv. Down a slope.
• adj. located down a slope or hill.
• adj. going down a slope or a hill.
• adj. (by extension) easy.
• adj. (by extension) deteriorating, getting worse.
• n. (uncountable) The fastest of the disciplines of alpine skiing.
• n. (countable) A rapid descent of a hill in related sports, especially in alpine skiing.

declension

• n. (grammar) The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective…
• n. (grammar) A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive.

declination

• n. At a given point, the angle between magnetic north and true north.
• n. At a given point, the angle between the line connecting this point with the geographical center of the…
• n. A refusal.
• n. (grammar) Declension.
• n. (archaic) The act or state of bending downward; inclination.
• n. (archaic) The act or state of falling off or declining from excellence or perfection; deterioration; decay;…
• n. (archaic) Deviation.

decline

• n. Downward movement, fall.
• n. A sloping downward, e.g. of a hill or road.
• n. A weakening.
• n. A reduction or diminution of activity.
• v. (intransitive) To move downwards, to fall, to drop.
• v. (intransitive) To become weaker or worse.
• v. (transitive) To bend downward; to bring down; to depress; to cause to bend, or fall.
• v. (transitive) To cause to decrease or diminish.
• v. To turn or bend aside; to deviate; to stray; to withdraw.
• v. (transitive) To refuse, forbear.
• v. (transitive, grammar, usually of substantives, adjectives and pronouns) To inflect for case, number and…
• v. (by extension) To run through from first to last; to repeat like a schoolboy declining a noun.
• v. (American football, Canadian football) To reject a penalty against the opposing team, usually because…

declivitous

• adj. Descending gradually; moderately steep; sloping; downhill.

declivity

• n. (geomorphology) the downward slope of a hill.
• n. a downward bend in a path.

descending

• v. present participle of descend.
• n. A descent.

descent

• n. An instance of descending.
• n. A way down.
• n. A sloping passage or incline.
• n. Lineage or hereditary derivation.
• n. A drop to a lower status or condition; decline.
• n. (topology) A particular extension of the idea of gluing. See Descent (mathematics).

downslope

• adj. in a direction down a slope.
• adv. down a slope.
• n. a descent or declivity.

fall

• n. The act of moving to a lower position under the effect of gravity.
• n. A reduction in quantity, pitch, etc.
• n. (chiefly Canada, US, obsolete elsewhere) The time of the year when the leaves typically fall from the…
• n. A loss of greatness or status.
• n. (sports) A crucial event or circumstance.
• n. A hairpiece for women consisting of long strands of hair on a woven backing, intended primarily to cover…
• n. (informal, US) Blame or punishment for a failure or misdeed.
• n. The part of the rope of a tackle to which the power is applied in hoisting (usu. plural).
• n. See falls.
• n. An old Scots unit of measure equal to six ells.
• v. (heading, intransitive) To move downwards.
• v. (transitive) To be moved downwards.
• v. (intransitive) To happen, to change negatively.
• v. (transitive) To be allotted to; to arrive through chance, fate, or inheritance.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To diminish; to lessen or lower.
• v. (transitive, obsolete) To bring forth.
• v. (intransitive, obsolete) To issue forth into life; to be brought forth; said of the young of certain animals.
• v. (intransitive) To descend in character or reputation; to become degraded; to sink into vice, error, or…
• v. (intransitive) To become ensnared or entrapped; to be worse off than before.
• v. (intransitive) To assume a look of shame or disappointment; to become or appear dejected; said of the…
• v. (intransitive) To happen; to come to pass; to chance or light (upon).
• v. (intransitive) To begin with haste, ardour, or vehemence; to rush or hurry.
• v. (intransitive) To be dropped or uttered carelessly.