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Antonyms for upland
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : uhp-luh nd, -land |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈʌp lənd, -ˌlænd |
Definition of upland
- As in mesa : noun plateau
- As in plateau : noun level; flat, often high, land
- As in ridge : noun raised part of solid
- As in rise : noun movement upward; upward slope
- As in table : noun flatland
- As in eminence : noun high ground
- As in hill : noun uprising of earth's surface; pile
- The upland stretches into the heart of the country for twenty furlongs at least.
- Extract from : « Anabasis » by Xenophon
- Usually it grows on river banks, on islands or in upland ravines.
- Extract from : « Manual of American Grape-Growing » by U. P. Hedrick
- The brow of the upland overtops the square tower of the Colebrook Church.
- Extract from : « Amy Foster » by Joseph Conrad
- But there was more than one way by which the upland could be reached from below.
- Extract from : « Romance » by Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer
- And now let us leave the upland, and descend to the sea-board; there is a sight for you upon the billows!
- Extract from : « Lavengro » by George Borrow
- You have come to sweep the intruder into the great swamp on the upland.
- Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney
- You have come to sweep it away into the small swamp on the upland.
- Extract from : « The Sacred Formulas of the Cherokees » by James Mooney
- It was late by the time I reached the upland, but I was rewarded for my climb.
- Extract from : « The Lowest Rung » by Mary Cholmondeley
- "Stop a minute," he said, pointing to an upland bank where the sun lay warm.
- Extract from : « Country Neighbors » by Alice Brown
- On some upland farm, a plough had been left standing in the field.
- Extract from : « My Antonia » by Willa Cather
Synonyms for upland
- acclivity
- altitude
- ascension
- ascent
- backbone
- bluff
- butte
- chine
- cliff
- climb
- corrugation
- crease
- crinkle
- down
- drift
- dune
- elevation
- eminence
- esker
- fell
- flat
- fold
- furrow
- gradient
- headland
- heap
- height
- highland
- highness
- hill
- hillock
- hillside
- hilltop
- hogback
- hummock
- inclination
- incline
- knoll
- lift
- loftiness
- mesa
- moraine
- mound
- mount
- parapet
- peak
- plain
- plateau
- plica
- pole
- precipice
- project
- prominence
- promontory
- protuberance
- raise
- range
- rib
- ridge
- rim
- rimple
- rise
- rising
- rising ground
- rivel
- ruck
- seam
- shock
- slope
- soaring
- spine
- stack
- stage
- summit
- surge
- table
- tableland
- talus
- tor
- towering
- upland
- upsurge
- wrinkle
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