Definition for Promontory:

• a natural elevation ( especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)

Synonyms for Promontory:

• n.

  •
  • beach,
  • catchment area,
  • basin,
  • bank,
  • bight,
  • Bund,
  • coast,
  • coastline,
  • bay.
  •bulge (noun)
  • salience,
  • Convexities,
  • salients,
  • convexity,
  • outthrust,
  • gibbosity,
  • tumefaction,
  • tuberosity,
  • gibbosities,
  • bagginess,
  • projection,
  • nodulation,
  • intumescence,
  • Tuberosities,
  • nodules,
  • nodule.
  •head (noun)
  • Vertices,
  • heading,
  • Head-line.
  •headland (noun)
  • peninsula,
  • cheronese,
  • ness,
  • nesses,
  • Jutty,
  • jetty.
  •hill (noun)
  • in clines,
  • rising grounds,
  • in cline,
  • in-clines,
  • in-cline,
  • eskers.
  •hillock (noun)
  • hillock.
  •point (noun)
  • pin points,
  • forelands.
  •prominence (noun)
  • conspicuousnesses,
  • conspicuities,
  • markednesses.
  •rock (noun)
  • mineral,
  • boulders,
  • cobblestone,
  • boulder,
  • pebble,
  • cobblestones,
  • PEBBLES,
  • minerals,
  • lava.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • land,
  • cape.

Paraphrases for Promontory:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    headland.

Promontory Sentence Examples:

• They had not yet reached the promontory which sheltered them from Dreymarsh.

• On first leaving the house, the road led gently along round the edge of a little bay, of which the promontory formed the northern horn.