Precipitous

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. See Synonyms at steep1.
  • adj. Having several precipices: a precipitous bluff.
  • adj. Usage Problem Extremely rapid, hasty, or abrupt; precipitate: "The change has included a precipitous collapse of Communist authority” ( New York Times). See Usage Note at precipitate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
  • adj. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
  • adj. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Steep, like a precipice.
  • adj. Headlong.
  • adj. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Headlong; descending rapidly, or rushing onward.
  • Steep; like a precipice; consisting of precipices: as, precipitous cliffs.
  • Hasty; rash; precipitate.
  • Hastily appearing or passing; sudden.
  • Synonyms and See. precipitate, a.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. done with very great haste and without due deliberation
  • adj. extremely steep
  • Equivalent
    hurried    steep   
    Antonym
    gentle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    headlong    hasty    rash    quick    sudden    precipitate    steep    perpendicular    sheer    cliffy   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    rocky    mountainous    craggy    perpendicular    impassable    snow-covered    uneven    abrupt    volcanic    woody