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Wiktionary4.0 / 1 vote

  1. cliffnoun

    Synonyms:
    precipice

  2. Cliffnoun

    A diminutive of the male given name Clifford.

    Synonyms:
    precipice

Princeton's WordNet2.3 / 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

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. cliffnoun

    Synonyms:
    crag, precipice, high and steep rock

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words2.0 / 2 votes

  1. cliffnoun

    Synonyms:
    crag, bluff, precipice

  2. cliffnoun

    Synonyms:
    palisades (line of bold cliffs)

PPDB, the paraphrase database3.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "cliff":

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

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#1232fall
#2158drop
#3864pearl
#4933decrease
#9036cliff
#9094dip
#10165bead
#11750bluff
#14917clive
#17781slack
#25579bluffs
#28323slump
#37728ravine
#53539lessening
#57936escarpment
#70243precipice
#155999falloff
#157400falaise

How to use cliff in a sentence?

  1. Glen Plake:

    I knew the difference, we were California hot-doggers and cliff jumpers.

  2. Paul LeBlanc:

    We're headed over a cliff.

  3. Ted Rossman:

    Long story short, we’re seeing a more cautious consumer, consumer spending certainly isn’t falling off a cliff, but we are seeing ample evidence that Americans are becoming more reluctant to make certain purchases, especially larger expenses and acquiring physical goods.

  4. Terri Sewell:

    But here we are, watching the fiscal hawks of the Republican Party blow through every red light on the way off the cliff, adding 1.5 trillion dollars to the deficit.

  5. Brian Battle:

    The economy's not going off a cliff. Some of the numbers were a little soft but everything that could have gone wrong this week didn't, earnings season has been mixed but it's been a net positive.


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