|  acclivity 
 
 an upward slope or grade (as in a road)
 - the car couldn't make it up the rise
 • Syn:
 ascent, rise, raise, climb, upgrade
 • Ant:
 descent (for: ascent)
 • Derivationally related forms:
 climb (for: climb), raise (for: raise), acclivitous, ascend (for: ascent)
 • Hypernyms:
 slope, incline, side
 • Hyponyms:
 uphill
 
 
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