declivity

The word “declivity” has 4 syllables: de-cliv-i-ty

It's pronounced as /dɪˈklɪvɪti/


What is synonym and antonym for declivity?

In the thesaurus, “declivity” has 14 synonyms and 16 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for declivity along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for declivity

Antonyms for declivity

  • acclivity
  • ascent
  • glacis
  • grade
  • gradient
  • hill
  • inclination
  • incline
  • lean
  • pitch
  • rake
  • rise
  • tilt
  • upgrade
  • uphill
  • uprise

Meanings of declivity

  • noun
    1. The downward slope of a hill; the downward slope of a curve.
    2. A downward bend in a path.
    3. An inward curve of the exoskeleton of an insect, such as between body segments; a segment of an insect's body where the exoskeleton curves inward.

Example Sentences

  • The cart picked up speed as it rolled down the declivity.
  • They paused at the top of the declivity to enjoy the view before descending.
  • The trail followed a sharp declivity into the dense forest below.
  • He lost his footing on the slippery declivity and slid a few feet.
  • The village lay nestled at the base of a gentle declivity.

On this page you'll find 30 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to declivity, such as: acclivity, ascent, basin, declension, declination, decline, depression.

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Related Words

fall

  • abasement
  • abate
  • abatement
  • alleviate
  • angle
  • arrive
  • back down
  • backslide
  • basin
  • be casualty
  • be destroyed
  • be killed
  • be lost
  • be precipitated
  • be taken
  • become
  • befall
  • belly flop
  • bend
  • bite the dust
  • bomb
  • bottom
  • bow
  • bow out
  • breach
  • break
  • break down
  • break the law
  • breakdown
  • breakup
  • buckle
  • burnout
  • buy it
  • buy the farm
  • cant
  • capitulate
  • capitulation
  • cascade
  • cataract
  • cave in
  • chance
  • check out
  • chute
  • cock
  • collapse
  • come about
  • come to pass
  • comedown
  • compress
  • concede
  • condense
  • constrict
  • consume
  • contract
  • crash
  • crater
  • croak
  • crumbling
  • crumple
  • curtailment
  • cut
  • cutback
  • dark age
  • de-escalate
  • de-escalation
  • death
  • debasement
  • decadence
  • decay
  • decease
  • decimation
  • declension
  • declination
  • decline
  • declivity
  • decomposition
  • decrease
  • decrement
  • deduction
  • defeat
  • defer to
  • deflate
  • deflation
  • degeneracy
  • degeneration
  • degradation
  • demise
  • demolishment
  • demolition
  • dent
  • depart
  • depletion
  • depreciate
  • depreciation
  • depression
  • descend
  • descent
  • desolation
  • destruction
  • deterioration
  • devolution
  • die
  • diminish
  • diminishment
  • diminution
  • dip
  • disappear
  • disappointment
  • disaster
  • disgrace
  • disintegration
  • dissolution
  • dive
  • down
  • downfall
  • downgrade
  • downhill
  • downslide
  • downtrend
  • downturn
  • downward slope
  • drag
  • droop
  • drop
  • drop down
  • drop-off
  • dry up
  • dwindle
  • dwindling
  • ease
  • eat dirt
  • ebb
  • eclipse
  • end
  • err
  • evaporate
  • exit
  • expire
  • fade
  • fail
  • failure
  • fall away
  • fall from grace
  • fall to pieces
  • falling-off
  • falloff
  • falter
  • flag
  • flameout
  • flatline
  • flop
  • flume
  • flump
  • flunk
  • fold
  • fold up
  • forfeit
  • founder
  • free-fall
  • give in
  • give out
  • give up
  • give up the ghost
  • give way
  • go
  • go down
  • go under
  • gravitate
  • hand over
  • hang
  • hanging
  • havoc
  • header
  • heel
  • hit the dirt
  • hollow
  • humiliation
  • incline
  • infringe
  • keel
  • keel over
  • kick in
  • kick off
  • kick the bucket
  • knuckle under
  • land
  • lapse
  • lean
  • lessen
  • lessening
  • let up
  • lie down
  • list
  • lose
  • loss
  • lower
  • lowering
  • meltdown
  • mess up
  • miss
  • misstep
  • moderate
  • nadir
  • nose-dive
  • nosedive
  • obey
  • occur
  • offend
  • pall
  • part
  • pass away
  • pass into enemy hands
  • peg out
  • perish
  • phase down
  • pitch
  • plonk
  • plop
  • plummet
  • plummeting
  • plunge
  • plunk
  • pop off
  • pratfall
  • precipitate
  • predecease
  • recede
  • recession
  • recline
  • reduction
  • regress
  • relapse
  • relax
  • relent
  • relinquish
  • remit
  • resign
  • resignation
  • retreat
  • retrenchment
  • reversal
  • rotting
  • ruin
  • ruination
  • sag
  • setback
  • settle
  • shoot
  • shortening
  • shrink
  • shrinkage
  • shute
  • sin
  • sink
  • sinking
  • skid
  • slacken
  • slant
  • slide
  • slip
  • slope
  • slump
  • snuff it
  • spill
  • spin
  • spoiling
  • step out
  • step-down
  • stray
  • strike out
  • stumble
  • submit
  • subside
  • subtraction
  • succumb
  • sunset
  • surrender
  • take a header
  • take place
  • take the count
  • tank
  • taper
  • taper off
  • throw
  • tilt
  • tip
  • tip over
  • topple
  • totter
  • trail
  • transgress
  • trespass
  • trip
  • tumble
  • undoing
  • vanish
  • violate
  • wander
  • wane
  • wash out
  • waterfall
  • weaken
  • white water
  • wipe out
  • yield

obliqueness

  • abruptness
  • abstruseness
  • abstrusity
  • ambiguity
  • ambiguousness
  • artifice
  • bank
  • bend
  • bevel
  • bias
  • cant
  • circuitousness
  • circuity
  • circumvention
  • cloudiness
  • come-off
  • complexity
  • complication
  • cop-out
  • cunning
  • darkness
  • declination
  • declivity
  • deepness
  • deflection
  • depth
  • descent
  • deviation
  • diagonal
  • difficulty
  • dimness
  • ditch
  • dodge
  • dodging
  • downgrade
  • elusion
  • equivocalness
  • equivocating
  • equivocation
  • eschewal
  • evading
  • evasiveness
  • excuse
  • faintness
  • fancy footwork
  • fogginess
  • fudging
  • fugiviteness
  • fugivity
  • fuzziness
  • gradient
  • haziness
  • hill
  • impenetrability
  • inclination
  • incline
  • incomprehensibility
  • incomprehensibleness
  • indefiniteness
  • indirectness
  • indistinctness
  • inscrutability
  • inscrutableness
  • jive
  • lean
  • leaning
  • lie
  • mistiness
  • murkiness
  • mysteriousness
  • mystery
  • nebulosity
  • nebulousness
  • obliquity
  • obscurity
  • obtuseness
  • opacity
  • opaqueness
  • pitch
  • pretext
  • prevarication
  • profoundness
  • quibble
  • ramp
  • reconditeness
  • rise
  • rising ground
  • routine
  • runaround
  • ruse
  • shade
  • shadow
  • shelf
  • shift
  • shirking
  • shuffling
  • shunning
  • skew
  • sophism
  • sophistry
  • stall
  • steepness
  • stonewall
  • subterfuge
  • swag
  • sway
  • tip
  • trick
  • trickery
  • uncertainty
  • vagueness

obliquity

palisade

  • avert
  • barranca
  • barranco
  • barrier
  • battle
  • bluff
  • buffer
  • bulwark
  • butte
  • cliff
  • conserve
  • contend
  • cover
  • crag
  • cuesta
  • declivity
  • defend
  • defense
  • drop-off
  • embankment
  • enclosure
  • escarpment
  • fence
  • fend
  • fight
  • forfend
  • guard
  • hogback
  • keep
  • oppose
  • picket
  • pitch
  • precipice
  • preserve
  • prevent
  • protect
  • resist
  • safeguard
  • save
  • scar
  • scarp
  • screen
  • secure
  • shield
  • slope
  • stockade
  • tor
  • wall
  • war
  • ward
  • withstand

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