Synonyms of canyon

canyon

noun

variants also cañon

as in ravine

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

as the scouts made their way through the canyon, they marveled at the sheer walls of rock on both sides

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ravine
• gorge
• valley
• crevice
• gulch
• gap
• saddle
• abyss
• col
• flume
• trench
• fissure
• defile
• pass
• couloir
• notch
• kloof
• gill
• gulf
• linn
• chasm
• crevasse
• cleft
• basin
• glen
• vale
• dale
• cirque
• gully
• hollow
• arroyo
• gutter
• coulee
• floodplain
• dell
• gulley
• coombe
• combe
• wadi
• kettle
• coomb
• cwm
• barranca
• barranco
• trough
• wash
• shut-in
• nullah
• draw