PRECIPICE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PRECIPICE?

Need another word that means the same as “precipice”? Find 11 synonyms and 30 related words for “precipice” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Precipice” are: cliff face, steep cliff, rock face, cliff, crag, bluff, height, escarpment, scarp, escarp, scar

Precipice as a Noun

Definitions of "Precipice" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “precipice” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A very steep cliff.
• A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one.

Synonyms of "Precipice" as a noun (11 Words)

bluff	The act of bluffing in poker deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards. His game of bluff.
cliff	A steep high face of rock. A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs.
cliff face	A steep high face of rock.
crag	A shelly sandstone occurring in eastern England.
escarp	A steep artificial slope in front of a fortification. The reconstruction of escarps at the fortress of Gibraltar.
escarpment	A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
height	The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top. The height of the tourist season.
rock face	Material consisting of the aggregate of minerals like those making up the Earth’s crust.
scar	An indication of damage. The attack has left mental scars on Terry and his family.
scarp	A very steep bank or slope an escarpment. The north face is a very steep scarp.
steep cliff	A steep place (as on a hill.

Usage Examples of "Precipice" as a noun

• We swerved toward the edge of the precipice.

Associations of "Precipice" (30 Words)

arroyo	A stream or brook.
brae	A steep bank or hillside. A figure was spied struggling up the brae.
canyon	A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America. The Grand Canyon.
cascade	Rush down in big quantities like a cascade. Teachers who are able to cascade their experience effectively.
chasm	A deep opening in the earth’s surface. The chasm between rich and poor.
cliff	A steep high face of rock. He stood on a high cliff overlooking the town.
descending	Coming down or downward. The categories are listed in descending order of usefulness.
edge	Strike the ball with the edge of the bat strike a ball delivered by the bowler with the edge of the bat. Connecticut avoided an upset and edged Yale 49 48.
foothill	A relatively low hill on the lower slope of a mountain. The camp lies in the foothills of the Andes.
glen	A narrow secluded valley (in the mountains.
gorge	The crop of a hawk. They gorged themselves on Cornish cream teas.
gradient	The vector formed by the operator ∇ acting on a scalar function at a given point in a scalar field. The path becomes very rough as the gradient increases.
hill	Form into a hill. If frost threatens our new plants we hill them up.
ledge	A window ledge. A reef ledge.
marsh	United States painter (1898-1954. The marsh marigold loves damp fields riverbanks and marshes.
mountain	A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill. A mountain of paperwork.
obliquity	The quality of being deceptive.
perpendicular	Perpendicular position or direction. The perpendicular cliff.
precipitant	A substance that causes the precipitation of a specified substance. A protein precipitant.
precipitous	Done with very great haste and without due deliberation. The track skirted a precipitous drop.
promontory	A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland. A rocky promontory.
ramp	Be rampant. The lion is rampant in this heraldic depiction.
ravine	A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water.
ridge	Spade into alternate ridges and troughs. The North East ridge of Everest.
scarp	Provide a ditch in a fortification with a steep scarp and counterscarp. The north face is a very steep scarp.
steep	A steep mountain slope. She pushed the bike up the steep hill.
vale	A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river. The Vale of Glamorgan.
valley	A long depression in the surface of the land that usually contains a river. The valley floor.
vertical	Something that is oriented vertically. The columns incline several degrees away from the vertical.