downhill skiing

English

Noun

downhill skiing (uncountable)

1. (recreational skiing) Recreational skiing that primarily involves skiing down slopes.
2. (sports) A formal sports discipline in alpine skiing, involving primarily going down a piste with few turns.

Synonyms

• (discipline): downhill (short form)

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “recreational”): cross-country skiing (skiing that primarily involves skiing across flatland)

Hypernyms

• skiing
• (discipline): alpine skiing

Coordinate terms

• downhill skier

(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)