downhill skiing
English
Noun
- (recreational skiing) Recreational skiing that primarily involves skiing down slopes.
- (sports) A formal sports discipline in alpine skiing, involving primarily going down a piste with few turns.
Synonyms
- (discipline): downhill (short form)
Antonyms
- (recreational): cross-country skiing (skiing that primarily involves skiing across flatland)
Hypernyms
- skiing
- (discipline): alpine skiing
Coordinate terms
(discipline):
- super-G / super-G skiing
- giant slalom / GS skiing
- slalom / slalom skiing
- downhiller
See also
- speedskiing (not part of formal alpine skiing, involving going down a straight course)
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