Synonyms of buttes

buttes

noun

plural of butte

as in cliffs

a type of hill with a flat top and steep sides that is found in the southwestern U.S.

The otherworldly sandstone buttes of Monument Valley, Arizona are well worth a visit.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cliffs
• mountains
• mesas
• highlands
• peaks
• plateaux
• foothills
• plateaus
• prominences
• uplands
• tablelands
• eminences
• elevations
• bluffs
• altitudes
• humps
• mounds
• ridges
• precipices
• crags
• tables
• tors
• mounts
• heights
• domes
• sierras
• alps
• steeps
• knolls
• rises
• hummocks
• hillocks
• knobs
• sugarloaves
• downs
• sugarloafs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valleys
• depressions
• canyons
• hollows
• glens
• plains
• ravines
• vales
• gorges
• dales
• basins
• flats
• dells
• bottoms
• floodplains
• bottomlands
• fens
• dingles
• lowlands
• tidewaters