Words Like PRECIPITOUS

We have put together a list of words that are similar to PRECIPITOUS.

5 Alternative Words Similar to precipitous

1 Abrupt Adjective      Synonym Words Like Abrupt
2 Sharp Adjective      Synonym Words Like Sharp
3 Steep Adjective      Similar Words Like Steep
4 Headlong Adjective      Synonym Words Like Headlong
5 Quick Adjective      Synonym Words Like Quick

9 examples of precipitous

1 a precipitous cliff or mountain
2 precipitous fall
3 precipitous attempts
4 rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion
5 hasty makeshifts take the place of planning
6 wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king
7 the precipitous rapids of the upper river
8 a sharp drop
9 the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings

10 definitions of precipitous

1 Steep, like a precipice.
2 Headlong.
3 Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate.
4 done with very great haste and without due deliberation
5 extremely steep
6 Resembling a precipice; extremely steep. See Synonyms at steep1.
7 Having several precipices: a precipitous bluff.
8 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.
9 Headlong; descending rapidly, or rushing onward.
10 Steep; like a precipice; consisting of precipices: as, precipitous cliffs.
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