Synonyms for cliff
klɪfcliff

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1. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   precipice

2. Cliffnoun

   A diminutive of the male given name Clifford.

   Synonyms:
   precipice

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.3 / 4 votes

1. cliff, drop, drop-offnoun

   a steep high face of rock

   "he stood on a high cliff overlooking the town"; "a steep drop"

   Synonyms:
   falloff, driblet, bead, drop cloth, lessening, drop, falling off, free fall, pearl, dip, fall, decrease, slack, drop-off, slump, drib, drop curtain

Matched Categories

1. • Geological Formation

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1. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   crag, precipice, high and steep rock

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   crag, bluff, precipice

2. cliffnoun

   Synonyms:
   palisades (line of bold cliffs)

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1. List of paraphrases for "cliff":

   falaise, ravine, clive, bluff, bluffs, precipice, escarpment

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How to use cliff in a sentence?

1. Elizabeth Warren:

   Renominating you means gambling the next five years a Republican majority of the Federal Reserve with a Republican chair who has regularly voted to deregulate Wall Street won't drive this economy over a financial cliff again, with so many qualified candidates for this job, I just don't think that's a risk worth taking.

2. Jo Swinson:

   They put public duty first and they don't want to see a no-deal Brexit, if the House of Commons asks them to lead an emergency government to get our country out of this Brexit mess and to stop us driving off that cliff to a no deal, then yes they are prepared to do that.

3. Colton Underwood:

   I think looking back even beyond on that, even just suicidal thoughts and driving my car close to a cliff, 'Oh, if this goes off the cliff, it's not that big of a deal,' I don't feel that anymore.

4. Ronald Reagan:

   Die-hard conservatives thought that if I couldn't get everything I asked for, I should jump off the cliff with the flag flying-go down in flames. No, if I can get 70 or 80 percent of what it is I'm trying to get ... I'll take that and then continue to try to get the rest in the future.

5. Anne Bayefsky:

   The latest from this supposed democracy expert (and Jordanian prince) is to accuse President Trump of driving the U.S. democracy bus off a cliff. Apparently, Prince Zeid missed the civics lesson on the rule of law.