Synonyms for precipitous
- adjective
Synonyms by meaning
Adjective
1. Sudden — steep, like a precipice
abrupt, steep, sharp, sudden, bluff, sheer, bold, perpendicular, spontaneous, subitaneous
2. Precipitate — hasty; rash; quick; sudden
precipitate, hasty, reckless, rash, devil-may-care, impetuous, hurried, overhasty, impulsive
3. Headlong
Other
Definitions
- adj. 1
Steep, like a precipice
- adj. 2
Hasty; rash; quick; sudden
- adj. 3
Headlong
Related words
- Word family
- precipitously precipitousness
Example sentences
- sudden Don't take that dramatic attitude all of a sudden.
- steep The eastern shore of the lake is steep and pebbly.
- bluff How did you know I was going to call your bluff?
- abrupt Sami's idyllic country life came to an abrupt end.
- hasty Don't draw a hasty conclusion from what you see now.
- precipitate The clouds thickened and it started to precipitate.
By length
- 4 letters
- bold1, rash1
- 5 letters
- sharp1, steep1, sheer1, brent1, bluff1, hasty2
- 6 letters
- sudden2, abrupt2
- 7 letters
- arduous3, hurried2
- 8 letters
- reckless2, headlong2, heedless
- 9 letters
- impulsive3, impetuous3, overhasty
- 11 letters
- spontaneous4, precipitate4, precipitant, subitaneous
- 13 letters
- perpendicular5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (hasty2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- précipité
- Español
- precipitado