Synonyms for hillock

Most common

mound · hammock · knoll · hummock · barrow · toman

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   A small hill.

Forms

Plural

hillocks → knolls, mounds, hammocks, hummocks…

Example sentences

• mound Five pitchers are to take the mound in rotation.
• hammock Tom saw that Mary was fast asleep in the hammock.
• knoll We used to play over by that grassy knoll.
• barrow There are tall menhirs at Egil's barrow.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

5 letters

mound¹, knoll¹, toman²

6 letters

barrow²

7 letters

hammock², hummock, colline

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (toman² = 2 syllables).

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