Antonyms for precipitous
prɪˈsɪp ɪ təspre·cip·i·tous

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1. precipitous

   High is used of simple elevation; steep is said only of an incline where the vertical measurement is sufficiently great in proportion to the horizontal to make it difficult of ascent. Steep is relative; an ascent of 100 feet to the mile on a railway is a steep grade; a rise of 500 feet to the mile makes a steep wagon-road; a roof is steep when it makes with the horizontal line an angle of more than 45°. A high mountain may be climbed by a winding road nowhere steep, while a little hill may be accessible only by a steep path. A sharp ascent or descent is one that makes a sudden, decided angle with the plane from which it starts; a sheer ascent or descent is perpendicular, or nearly so; precipitous applies to that which is of the nature of a precipice, and is used especially of a descent; abrupt is as if broken sharply off, and applies to either acclivity or declivity. Compare HIGH.

   Antonyms:
   easy, flat, gentle, gradual, horizontal, level, low, slight

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, high, sharp, sheer, steep

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1. precipitous

   Antonyms:
   shallow, graduated, inclined, undulating

   Synonyms:
   steep, headlong, abrupt, sheer, perpendicular, beetling, rash, dangerous

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1. hasty, overhasty, precipitate, precipitant, precipitousadjective

   done with very great haste and without due deliberation

   "hasty marriage seldom proveth well"- Shakespeare; "hasty makeshifts take the place of planning"- Arthur Geddes; "rejected what was regarded as an overhasty plan for reconversion"; "wondered whether they had been rather precipitate in deposing the king"

   Antonyms:
   gradual, unhurried

   Synonyms:
   overhasty, headlong, abrupt, sharp, hasty, precipitate, precipitant

2. abrupt, precipitous, sharpadjective

   extremely steep

   "an abrupt canyon"; "the precipitous rapids of the upper river"; "the precipitous hills of Chinese paintings"; "a sharp drop"

   Antonyms:
   gradual, unhurried

   Synonyms:
   abrupt, overhasty, needlelike, sharp, incisive, knifelike, precipitate, crisp, sharp-worded, keen, disconnected, precipitant, discriminating, tart, acuate, astute, acute, shrill, hasty, penetrating, piercing, shrewd, penetrative

How to use precipitous in a sentence?

1. Heino Klinck:

   I think Xi Jinping wants to deter Taiwan from taking any precipitous action, specifically a move to de jure independence and I think Xi wants to convey first and foremost to the U.S. and to other regional actions that China's resolve and commitment with respect to its ‘sovereignty and geographical integrity’ should not be questioned.

2. Connie Chung:

   I ’m very proud of CBS and NBC for just taking quick action, some people might be victims of precipitous action but these two, the reports about them seemed excessive. I was thrilled for this moment, for women.

3. Jeremy Sussman:

   BHP's announcement to cut the rig count by 10 down to 16 is roughly in line with general expectations given the precipitous fall in oil and natgas prices as well.

4. Macan Nia:

   China opened this week (after the Lunar New Year holiday)and there wasn't any precipitous selling, so that gave reassurance to global investors, valuations were much more attractive than what they were at the beginning of the year and you have seen long-term investors strategically buy companies that they think have been thrown out with the bathwater.

5. Billionaire Carl Icahn:

   This year's results were obviously disappointing, with the precipitous decline in oil prices impacting the profitability of many of our segments.

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