Synonyms of chasms

chasms

noun

plural of chasm

as in abysses

an immeasurable depth or space

a chasm in the ocean floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abysses
• oceans
• gulfs
• expanses
• deeps
• fissures
• caverns
• crevices
• holes
• crevasses
• pits
• clefts
• abysms
• voids
• hollows
• reaches
• vacancies
• stretches
• breadths
• vacuums
• black holes
• extents
• vacuities
• spreads

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of chasms

Meanwhile, Lee adopts a flustered countenance to fill in the chasms of characterization the script didn’t think through. — Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

There were no Alps, no chasms, just the countryside around the River Stour. — Literary Hub, 12 May 2026

By the middle of 2023, the cracks started turning into chasms. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026

As is often true of an Allbee play, cracks in the veneer open into chasms of striving, desire, betrayal and raw revelation. — Steven Winn, San Francisco Chronicle, 3 Apr. 2026

While there has been a good amount of movement, there are still some wide chasms on a few key issues, sources caution. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026

Gaping construction holes may be eyesores for visitors, but to those of us who live and work in Central Indiana these chasms represent our future — projects that will infuse Indianapolis with new life. — Shari Rudavsky, IndyStar, 11 Jan. 2026

Those chasms would widen dramatically over the next decade, leading to Waters’ exit and Gilmour’s control of the band. — Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 11 Dec. 2025

But what Lincoln understood was that the practice of giving thanks could bridge chasms that politics and war had torn open. — Cardinal Blase Cupich, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025