- Acclivitous
- Acclivitous Ac*cliv"i*tous, a. Acclivous. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
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Acclivitous
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acclivitous — adjective Acclivous I. Taylor … Wiktionary
acclivitous — adj. slanting upward; rising … English contemporary dictionary
acclivitous — adj sloping upward, uphill, rising, ascending, inclining, mounting, climbing; heaving up, looming up, springing up, towering up; abrupt, sudden, sharp, bold … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
acclivitous — ac·cliv·i·tous … English syllables
acclivitous — adjective sloping upward • Syn: ↑rising, ↑uphill • Similar to: ↑ascending • Derivationally related forms: ↑acclivity … Useful english dictionary
acclivity — acclivitous, acclivous /euh kluy veuhs/, adj. /euh kliv i tee/, n., pl. acclivities. an upward slope, as of ground; an ascent (opposed to declivity). [1605 15; < L acclivitas, equiv. to accliv(is) steep (ac AC + clivis, adj. deriv. of clivus… … Universalium
ascending — Synonyms and related words: Olympian, acclinate, acclivitous, aerial, airy, altitudinous, anabatic, ascendant, ascensional, ascensive, aspiring, axial, back, back flowing, backward, climbing, colossal, descending, dominating, down trending,… … Moby Thesaurus
climbing — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, acclinate, acclivitous, advance, ambition, ambitiousness, anabasis, anabatic, angular motion, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascensional, ascensive, ascent, axial motion, backflowing, backing,… … Moby Thesaurus
precipitous — Synonyms and related words: abrupt, accident prone, acclivitous, arduous, bluff, bold, breakneck, breathless, careless, declivitous, desperate, devil may care, electrifying, furious, harum scarum, hasty, headlong, hotheaded, hurried, impetuous,… … Moby Thesaurus
rising — Synonyms and related words: Brownian movement, abruptness, abscess, acclinate, acclivitous, acclivity, advance, anabasis, anabatic, angular motion, aposteme, apparition, appearance, appearing, arising, ascendant, ascending, ascension, ascensional … Moby Thesaurus
