English adjective: downhill | |||
| 1. | downhill sloping down rather steeply | ||
| Synonyms | declivitous, downward-sloping | ||
| Similar | descending | ||
| Antonyms | ascending | ||
English noun: downhill | |||
| 1. | downhill (object) the downward slope of a hill | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | declension, declination, decline, declivity, descent, downslope, fall | ||
| 2. | downhill (event) a ski race down a trail | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | ski race, skiing race | ||
English adverb: downhill | |||
| 1. | downhill toward a lower or inferior state | ||
| Samples | Your performance has been going downhill for a long time now. | ||
| 2. | downhill toward the bottom of a hill | ||
| Samples | Running downhill, he gained a lot of speed. | ||