The Oxford Thesaurus An A-Z Dictionary of Synonyms INTRO ...

vivacity, exhilaration: Thurgood did not join in the hilarity
of his retirement party.
hill n. 1 elevation, rise, highland, mound, prominence, promontory,
eminence, knoll, hillock, hummock, height, foothill, tor, mount,
upland, downs or downland, Scots brae, No. Brit fell, W Brit
tump, US and Canadian butte: The house is on a hill overlooking
the valley. 2 heap, pile, mound, stack; mountain: By the
autumn, the hill of compost had reached six feet in height. 3
slope, incline or decline, acclivity or declivity, gradient or
esp. US grade, US upgrade or downgrade: Are you sure this car
can make it up the next hill?
hinder v. 1 hamper, delay, interrupt, impede, interfere with, foil,
thwart, frustrate, forestall, bar, stymie, check, balk or baulk,
encumber, obstruct, handicap, set or keep or put or hold back,
defer, retard, restrain, slow, postpone: The difficulty of the
task should not hinder the attempt. 2 stop, prevent, check,
preclude, arrest; discourage, deter, inhibit, obviate: Does the
threat of capital punishment hinder people from committing
murder?
hindrance n. 1 obstruction, impediment, snag, check, obstruction,
barrier, obstacle, restraint, drawback, hitch, stumbling-block,
deterrent, encumbrance: The only hindrance to the plan is
Phyllis's disapproval of it. 2 prevention, curb, limitation:
The presence of police cars serves as a hindrance to speeding
motorists.
hint n. 1 suggestion, clue, implication, inkling, indication, tip,
tip-off, intimation, allusion, innuendo, insinuation; pointer,
help, advice: The quiz-master gave me a hint and I got the
answer at once. 2 trace, suggestion, touch, taste, breath,
dash, soup‡on, whiff, undertone, tinge, whisper: Which
government has ever served without any hint of scandal?
--v. 3 suggest, imply, indicate, tip (off), intimate, allude,
insinuate, mention, clue, cue, signal, refer, advert: She
hinted that I might appeal to her sister.
hip adj. informed, aware, knowledgeable, knowing, perceptive,
alert, in or up on, onto, Colloq wise (to), with it, cool,
Old-fashioned hep: He's not hip to what they're saying about