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Detailed Synonyms for precipitous in English

precipitous:

precipitous

  1. precipitous

precipitous adj

  1. precipitous
    – extremely steep 1
    sharp; abrupt; precipitous
    – extremely steep 1
    • sharp adj
      • a sharp drop1
    • abrupt adj
      • an abrupt canyon1
    • precipitous adj
      • the precipitous rapids of the upper river1
      • the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings1
  2. precipitous
    – done with very great haste and without due deliberation 1
    hasty; precipitous; precipitate; overhasty; precipitant
    – done with very great haste and without due deliberation 1
    • hasty adj
      • hasty marriage seldom proveth well1
      • hasty makeshifts take the place of planning1
    • precipitate adj
      • wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king1
    • overhasty adj
      • rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion1

Related Words for "precipitous":

  • precipitously

Alternate Synonyms for "precipitous":


Related Definitions for "precipitous":

  1. extremely steep1
    • the precipitous rapids of the upper river1
    • the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings1
  2. done with very great haste and without due deliberation1