steep

steep

adjective

Definition of STEEP

1

having an incline approaching the perpendicular <a very steep rock face that is nearly impossible to climb>

Synonyms abrupt, bold, precipitous, sheer

Related Words perpendicular, plumb, straight, vertical; craggy, hillocky, hilly, mountainous, scarped; angled, canted, cocked, heeled, inclined, listed, slanted, sloped, tilted, tipped

Near Antonyms gentle, gradual, moderate, soft; even, flat, flush, horizontal, level, plane, smooth, unruffled, unwrinkled

Antonyms easy

2

going beyond a normal or acceptable limit in degree or amount <we would like to hire him, but his salary demands are just too steep>

Synonyms baroque, devilish, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, fancy, immoderate, inordinate, insane, intolerable, lavish, overdue, overextravagant, overmuch, overweening, plethoric, steep, stiff, towering, unconscionable, undue, unmerciful

Related Words boundless, endless, immeasurable, infinite, limitless; unbearable, unjustifiable, unwarranted; improper, inappropriate, thick, unseemly; unrestrained

Near Antonyms deficient, inadequate, insufficient; minimal, minimum

Antonyms middling, moderate, modest, reasonable, temperate