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.

We get our data from many different dictionaries across the web:
Wordnik, Wiktionary, Century, American Heritage, Gcide