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