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

Need another word that means the same as “ridge”? Find 46 synonyms and 30 related words for “ridge” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Ridge” are: ridgepole, rooftree, ridgeline, mountain, hill, height, alp, aiguille, serac, puy, crag, tor, inselberg, summit, peak, pinnacle, crest, crown, brow, brink, head, highest part, highest point, mountaintop, tip, apex, vertex, acme, apogee, cliff, promontory, headland, bank, slope, escarpment, scarp, precipice, rock face, overhang, mound, earthwork, causeway, barrier, levee, dam, dyke

Ridge as a Noun

Definitions of "Ridge" as a noun

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

• A long, narrow hilltop, mountain range, or watershed.
• A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.
• A long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean.
• Any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane.
• An elongated region of high barometric pressure.
• Any long raised strip.
• A long narrow range of hills.
• A raised strip of arable land, especially (in medieval fields) one of a set separated by furrows.
• A long narrow natural elevation or striation.
• A narrow raised band on a surface.
• The line or edge formed where the two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top.

Synonyms of "Ridge" as a noun (46 Words)

acme	The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. The artist s gifts are at their acme.
aiguille	A sharp pinnacle of rock in a mountain range.
alp	A high mountain, especially a snow-capped one.
apex	The highest point of achievement; a climax. The apex of his career was in 1966 when he hoisted aloft the World Cup for England.
apogee	The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination. A film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema.
bank	An elevation in the seabed or a riverbed a mudbank or sandbank. A grassy bank.
barrier	A gate at a car park or railway station that controls access by being raised or lowered. Intolerance is a barrier to understanding.
brink	A region marking a boundary. The country was on the brink of a constitutional crisis.
brow	An eyebrow. His brows lifted in surprise.
causeway	A road that is raised above water or marshland or sand. An island reached at low tide by a causeway.
cliff	A steep high face of rock. A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs.
crag	A steep or rugged cliff or rock face.
crest	A plume of feathers on a helmet. A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest.
crown	Dentistry dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth. An erect evergreen tree with a dense crown.
dam	A metric unit of length equal to ten meters. The dam burst after torrential rain.
earthwork	An earthen rampart. Bronze Age earthworks.
escarpment	A long, steep slope, especially one at the edge of a plateau or separating areas of land at different heights.
head	Usually plural the obverse side of a coin that usually bears the representation of a person s head. An 8 m head of water in the shafts.
headland	A natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea.
height	The vertical dimension of extension; distance from the base of something to the top. He s terrified of heights.
highest part	A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12.
highest point	A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed.
hill	A heap or mound of something. They were climbing a steep hill in low gear.
inselberg	An isolated hill or mountain rising abruptly from a plain.
levee	A landing place; a quay.
mound	The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit. The dead were cremated and then buried at the centre of a great mound.
mountain	A large number or amount or extent. They sought refuge in the mountains.
mountaintop	The area at the top of a mountain. The mountaintop castle.
overhang	A quantity of securities or commodities large enough to make prices fall if offered for sale. He crouched beneath an overhang of bushes.
peak	The point of highest activity, quality, or achievement. At the peak of the pyramid.
pinnacle	A slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower. Catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame.
precipice	A very steep rock face or cliff, especially a tall one. We swerved toward the edge of the precipice.
promontory	A point of high land that juts out into the sea or a large lake; a headland. A rocky promontory.
puy	A small extinct volcanic cone in the Auvergne, France.
ridgeline	The line of the ridge of a roof.
ridgepole	A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.
rock face	Pitching dangerously to one side.
rooftree	A beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters.
scarp	A very steep bank or slope an escarpment. The north face is a very steep scarp.
serac	A pinnacle or ridge of ice on the surface of a glacier.
summit	The highest attainable level of achievement. She climbed back up the path towards the summit.
tip	An indication of potential opportunity. George pressed the tips of his fingers together.
tor	A hill or rocky peak. Glastonbury Tor.
vertex	The point of intersection of lines or the point opposite the base of a figure.

Usage Examples of "Ridge" as a noun

• The North-East ridge of Everest.
• The roof was unusual due to the relative heights of the eaves and the ridge.
• A path led through the ridges and furrows of fields long left to nature.
• A high-pressure ridge helping to steer cyclones further south.
• Buff your nails in order to smooth ridges.

Associations of "Ridge" (30 Words)

acme	The point at which something is at its best or most highly developed. The artist s gifts are at their acme.
apex	Turn (a corner) very close to the edge of the track. Melodic lines build up to the chorus and it apexes at the solo.
brae	A slope or hillside. A figure was spied struggling up the brae.
butte	A hill that rises abruptly from the surrounding region; has a flat top and sloping sides.
canyon	A deep gorge, typically one with a river flowing through it, as found in North America. The Grand Canyon.
cliff	A steep high face of rock. A coast path along the top of rugged cliffs.
climbing	The sport or activity of climbing mountains or cliffs. Climbing equipment.
crest	The center of a cambered road. A high wave formed by the meeting of two crests.
gradient	An increase or decrease in the magnitude of a property (e.g. temperature, pressure, or concentration) observed in passing from one point or moment to another. A five degree gradient.
hill	Form into a hill. They loved to roam the hills of West Virginia.
meridian	Relating to or situated at a meridian. The European Broadcasting Area extends from the Atlantic to the meridian 40 E.
minaret	A slender tower, typically part of a mosque, with a balcony from which a muezzin calls Muslims to prayer.
mound	A large pile or quantity of something. Basmati rice was mounded on our plates.
mountain	A large natural elevation of the earth’s surface rising abruptly from the surrounding level; a large steep hill. A mountain peak.
peak	A V shape. The peak halyard.
pinnacle	Raise on or as if on a pinnacle. He had reached the pinnacle of his career.
plateau	A relatively flat highland. The industry s problems have plateaued out.
precipice	A very steep cliff. We swerved toward the edge of the precipice.
precipitant	Done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes. The immediate precipitants of the conflict.
precipitous	Dangerously high or steep. The track skirted a precipitous drop.
promontory	A protuberance on an organ or other bodily structure. A rocky promontory.
ravine	A deep narrow steep-sided valley (especially one formed by running water.
rung	A crosspiece between the legs of a chair. We must ensure that the low skilled do not get trapped on the bottom rung.
sandstone	A sedimentary rock consisting of sand consolidated with some cement (clay or quartz etc.
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. Note the steep incline.
summit	Reach the summit of a mountain. The region is a few molecules wide at the summit.
top	Situated at the top or highest position. He couldn t get the top off of the bottle.
valley	An internal angle formed by the intersecting planes of a roof, or by the slope of a roof and a wall. The valley floor.