210 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ pɹɪsˈɪpɪtəs], [ pɹɪsˈɪpɪtəs], [ p_ɹ_ɪ_s_ˈɪ_p_ɪ_t_ə_s]

Similar words for precipitous:

• abrupt (adjective)
• all (adjective)
• craggy (adjective)
• early (adjective)
• hurried (adjective)
• impetuous (adjective)
• other relevant words (adjective)
• sheer (adjective)
• steep (adjective)
• steep, falling sharply (adjective)
• straight (adjective)
• sudden (adjective)
• abrupt (noun)
• clifflike (noun)
• cliffy (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• other synonyms
• precipitate

Paraphrases for precipitous

Synonyms for Precipitous:

• adj.

  • abrupt (adjective)
  • most precipitate,
  • un-ceremonious,
  • quick,
  • un ceremonious,
  • un anticipated,
  • un-anticipated,
  • un foreseen,
  • most unanticipated,
  • un-expected,
  • sur prising,
  • un expected,
  • more unanticipated,
  • sur-prising,
  • un-foreseen,
  • quickest.
  • all (adjective)
  • precipitous.
  • craggy (adjective)
  • scraggy,
  • rockbound,
  • unlevel,
  • scraggiest,
  • unsmooth,
  • Asperous,
  • Rock-bound.
  • early (adjective)
  • premature,
  • early,
  • untimely,
  • half-baked.
  • hurried (adjective)
  • hectic,
  • headlong,
  • most subitaneous,
  • head-long,
  • Subitaneous,
  • head long,
  • more subitaneous.
  • impetuous (adjective)
  • going deep end,
  • un bridled,
  • going off deep end,
  • un premeditated,
  • un-reflecting,
  • un-restrained,
  • un-planned,
  • un planned,
  • un-bridled,
  • unreflecting,
  • spur of the moment,
  • un-premeditated,
  • un reflecting,
  • spur-of-the-moment,
  • un-thinking,
  • more unreflecting,
  • un thinking,
  • most unreflecting.
  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • impetuous,
  • precipitant,
  • straight-up,
  • Sideling,
  • straight,
  • unanticipated,
  • straight up,
  • hurried,
  • declivitous,
  • sudden,
  • steep,
  • craggy,
  • prerupt,
  • sheer.
  • sheer (adjective)
  • more sideling,
  • most sideling.
  • steep (adjective)
  • most prerupt,
  • more straight up,
  • more prerupt,
  • most lifted,
  • more straightup,
  • more straight-up,
  • more lifted,
  • most straight-up,
  • most straight up,
  • most straightup,
  • most declivitous,
  • straightup,
  • more declivitous.
  • steep, falling sharply (adjective)
  • dizzy,
  • perpendicular,
  • arduous.
  • straight (adjective)
  • collinear,
  • in line,
  • non-stop,
  • undeviating,
  • rectilineal,
  • uncurled,
  • undistorted,
  • in a line,
  • in a row,
  • unbent,
  • linear,
  • rectilinear,
  • like an arrow,
  • lineal.
  • sudden (adjective)
  • instantaneous,
  • flasher,
  • Subito,
  • unexpected,
  • immediate.

• n.

  •
  • suddenly,
  • instantly,
  • right now,
  • at once,
  • straight away,
  • fast,
  • promptly,
  • on-the-spot.
  •
  • level.
  • abrupt (noun)
  • study at abrupt.
  • clifflike (noun)
  • clifflike.
  • cliffy (noun)
  • cliffy.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • Downs,
  • pass,
  • shelf,
  • pinnacle,
  • ghat,
  • hummock,
  • hasty,
  • mount,
  • plateau,
  • vertical,
  • foothill,
  • brow,
  • hill,
  • massif,
  • mountainside,
  • leeward,
  • pike,
  • rock face,
  • Esker,
  • elevation,
  • drumlin,
  • slope,
  • mesa,
  • sharp,
  • fell,
  • watershed,
  • sand dune,
  • mountains,
  • scree,
  • peak,
  • mid-ocean ridge,
  • crag,
  • caldera,
  • straight-up-and-down,
  • landform,
  • wolds,
  • uplands,
  • mound,
  • hillside,
  • steeply,
  • palisade,
  • escarpment,
  • range,
  • snow line,
  • rise,
  • ridge,
  • ben,
  • clifftop,
  • abrupt,
  • Dizzying,
  • upland,
  • precipice,
  • sierra,
  • height,
  • Butte,
  • snow-capped,
  • mountainous,
  • chimney,
  • scarp,
  • hilltop,
  • talus,
  • hillock,
  • the alps,
  • rolling,
  • mountaintop,
  • alpine,
  • spur,
  • slag heap,
  • mt,
  • knoll,
  • precipitate,
  • arête,
  • highlands,
  • lee,
  • Orographic,
  • volcano,
  • summit,
  • hilly,
  • mountain,
  • incline,
  • overhasty,
  • cliff.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shoulder-high,
  • knee-high,
  • waist-high,
  • sky-high.
  •
  • tall,
  • towering.
  •
  • elevated,
  • raised.
  •
  • soar.
  •
  • bold.
  •
  • short.
  •
  • high.
  • precipitate
  • rash.

Paraphrases for Precipitous:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    hasty, hurried.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    expeditious, quick, rapid, fast-paced, Precipitated.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    abrupt, breathtaking, dramatic, headlong, ill-considered, overhasty, precipitate, rash, sharp, steep, sudden, Dizzying, premature, over-hasty.