Synonyms of canyons

canyons

noun

variants also cañons

plural of canyon

as in ravines

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

• ravines
• gorges
• valleys
• gulches
• gaps
• saddles
• crevices
• passes
• flumes
• cols
• defiles
• couloirs
• abysses
• kloofs
• fissures
• notches
• gills
• trenches
• chasms
• linns
• gulfs
• glens
• crevasses
• clefts
• cirques
• basins
• hollows
• gullies
• vales
• dales
• gutters
• arroyos
• dells
• floodplains
• coulees
• kettles
• wadis
• combes
• troughs
• barrancas
• washes
• cwms
• draws
• nullahs
• shut-ins

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of canyons

Its sparsely populated landscape of desert, mountains and river canyons has historically recorded fewer migrant apprehensions than other parts of the southern border. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026

The visitor favorite, the Canyon Loop Trail, is an accessible, easy-to-moderate, two-and-a-half-mile walk that loops around its nine canyons. — Judith Garrison, AJC.com, 5 Nov. 2026

The arid landscape is creased with rugged mountain ranges, cleaved by scenic canyons and filled with vast stretches of open space interrupted by midsize cities and small towns that spring like oases from the desert floor. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2026

When the sun goes down, the wind picks up in central New Mexico, whipping through arid canyons with a ghostly howl that for centuries, locals have likened to the wails of the folkloric ghost La Llorona. — Sara Herschander, Vox, 22 Oct. 2026

The last major blaze to sweep through the area was the 2018 Woolsey Fire, meaning brush in most of those canyons has not been cleared for about eight years. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 16 Oct. 2026

New backup cameras are especially helpful when fire crews are backing out of tight canyons, firefighters claim. — Jeff Nguyen, CBS News, 13 Oct. 2026

The landscape is dry and largely treeless, with canyons and volcanic monoliths periodically interrupting the otherwise unending steppe. — Jordan Salama, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026

Because of the original natural beauty of this place, with its hidden side canyons, petroglyphs, and cottonwood trees, the flooding of Glen Canyon for Lake Powell has always been controversial. — Story Hinckley, Christian Science Monitor, 5 Oct. 2026