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Synonyms for crevice

19 synonyms

noun

Most common

cleft fissure cranny crevasse

All synonyms

Noun

crack, cranny, fissure, cleft, crevasse, gap, hole, chink, leak, seam, opening, rift, rent, chap, interstice, scissure, fracture, aperture, flaw

Definitions

n. 1
A narrow crack or fissure, as in a rock or wall.

Related words

Other spellings: crevis

Forms

Plural: crevices → cracks, crannies, fissures, clefts…

Example sentences

cleft The cleft in the rock provided shelter for the hiker.
cranny We don't have time to search every nook and cranny.
crevasse The climbers perished after falling into a crevasse.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
crevice		steady
cleft		steady
fissure		steady
cranny		rising
crevasse		rising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: gap¹
4 letters: hole¹, rent¹, leak¹, rift¹, chap¹, flaw¹, seam¹
5 letters: crack¹, cleft¹, chink¹
6 letters: cranny²
7 letters: opening³, fissure²
8 letters: fracture², aperture³, crevasse², scissure
10 letters: interstice

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (cranny² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: anfractuosité