Synonyms for promontory
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
A high point of land extending into a body of water, headland; cliff.
- n. 2
A projecting part of the body. A projection on the sacrum.
Related words
- Word family
- prominent
Forms
- Plural
- promontories → headlands, peninsulas, cliffs, bluffs…
Example sentences
- cliff The bus fell off the cliff, killing all 10 aboard.
- peninsula If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look around you.
- bluff How did you know I was going to call your bluff?
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| promontory | steady | |
| cliff | rising | |
| peninsula | steady | |
| bluff | rising | |
| headland | rising | |
| promontorium | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 3 letters
- hoe1
- 4 letters
- head1, cape1, ness1
- 5 letters
- cliff1, bluff1
- 8 letters
- headland, foreland
- 9 letters
- peninsula4
- 12 letters
- promontorium
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (peninsula4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- promontoire
- Italiano
- promontorio