precipitous

precipitous is a 11-letter English word with 5 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 21 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

11 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 21 · 5 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Steep, like a precipice; as, a precipitous cliff or mountain.
2. adjective. Headlong; as, precipitous fall.
3. adjective. Hasty; rash; quick; sudden; precipitate; as, precipitous attempts.
4. adjective. extremely steep

   "an abrupt canyon"

   "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"

   Synonyms: abrupt, sharp

5. adjective. done with very great haste and without due deliberation- Shakespeare- Arthur Geddes

   "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"

   "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"

   Synonyms: hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate

Synonyms

abrupt, sharp, hasty, overhasty, precipitant, precipitate

Common word forms

precipitously, precipitousness

Words from these letters

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