Meanings
comparative hillier · superlative hilliest · alternative obsolete hillie
- Abundant in hills; having many hills.
The intermediate station seen here, Llanbister Road, is 5 hilly miles by road from the town it purports to serve.
1962 August, “More W.R. services in jeopardy”, in Modern Railways, page 82, photo caption1 more example
Our first stop is in Antu County, Kirin Province, a rugged and hilly extension of the Changpai foothills. The temperature in midsummer lingers around 20° C.
1972, Chi Hsin, “Where the Sunghua River Flows”, in The Seeds and Other Stories, Peking: Foreign Languages Press, →OCLC, page 145
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivehaving hills and crags
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Middle Englishhilly
- Englishhilly
From Middle English hilly, hylly, hully, equivalent to hill + -y.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek λοφώδης
- λοφώδης (lophṓdēs)abounding in hills
Bulgarian хълми́ст, хъ́лмест
- хълми́ст (hălmíst)abounding in hills
- хъ́лмест (hắlmest)abounding in hills
Catalan muntanyós
- muntanyósabounding in hills
Czech kopcovitý, pahorkatý
- kopcovitýabounding in hills
- pahorkatýabounding in hills
Dutch heuvelachtig
- heuvelachtigabounding in hills
Finnish mäkinen, kukkulainen
- mäkinenabounding in hills
- kukkulainenabounding in hills
French vallonné
- vallonnéabounding in hills
German hügelig
- hügeligabounding in hills
Greek λοφώδης
- λοφώδης (lofódis)abounding in hills
Hungarian dombos, dimbes-dombos
- dombosabounding in hills
- dimbes-dombosabounding in hills
Icelandic hæðóttur
- hæðótturabounding in hills
Irish cnocach
- cnocachabounding in hills
Italian collinoso
- collinosoabounding in hills
Latin clīvōsus, tumulōsus
- clīvōsusabounding in hills
- tumulōsusabounding in hills
Māori pukepuke
- pukepukeabounding in hills
Persian تپه ماهور
- تپه ماهور (tappe-mâhur)abounding in hills
Polish pagórkowaty
- pagórkowatyabounding in hills
Portuguese colinoso
- colinosoabounding in hills
Romanian deluros
- delurosabounding in hills
Russian холми́стый
- холми́стый (xolmístyj)abounding in hills
Slovak kopcovitý, pahorkovitý
- kopcovitýabounding in hills
- pahorkovitýabounding in hills
Spanish montuoso, con muchas colinas
- montuosoabounding in hills
- con muchas colinasabounding in hills
- con muchas lombasabounding in hills
- con muchas lomadasabounding in hills
- con muchas lomasabounding in hills
Swedish kuperad, kullig
- kuperadabounding in hills
- kulligabounding in hills
Turkish tepelik
- tepelikabounding in hills
Ukrainian горби́стий, па́гористий
- горби́стий (horbýstyj)abounding in hills
- па́гористий (páhorystyj)abounding in hills
- горбкува́тий (horbkuvátyj)abounding in hills
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with hilly
Cite this entry
hilly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hilly
“hilly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hilly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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