All uphill synonyms
up·hill
U u adjective uphill
- ballbuster — Ball-breaker.
- nodulous — having nodules.
- infestive — Tending to infest; acting like an infection.
- ascending — If a group of things is arranged in ascending order, each thing is bigger, greater, or more important than the thing before it.
- laboured — productive activity, especially for the sake of economic gain.
- climbing — Climbing is the activity of climbing rocks or mountains.
prep uphill
- heavenward — Also, heavenwards. toward heaven.
adj uphill
- hard — not soft; solid and firm to the touch; unyielding to pressure and impenetrable or almost impenetrable.
- formidable — causing fear, apprehension, or dread: a formidable opponent.
- knotty — having knots; full of knots: a knotty piece of wood.
- backbreaker — a wrestling hold in which a wrestler uses his knee or shoulder as a fulcrum to bend his opponent's body backwards
- mazy — full of confusing turns, passages, etc.; like a maze; labyrinthine.
- difficile — hard to deal with, satisfy, or please.
- arduous — Something that is arduous is difficult and tiring, and involves a lot of effort.
- difficult — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- labored — of or relating to workers, their associations, or working conditions: labor reforms.
- all-powerful — An all-powerful person or organization has the power to do anything they want.
- gordian — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- easier said than done — difficult to do
adv uphill
- antrorse — directed or pointing upwards or forwards
adverb uphill
- acclivitous — an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (opposed to declivity).