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cliff

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of cliff

a steep wall of rock, earth, or ice

  • the cliff rises 200 feet from the islandʼs south shore
Synonyms of cliff

barranca (also barranco), bluff, crag, escarpment, palisade, precipice, scar, scarp
Words Related to cliff

butte, cuesta, hogback, tor

bulwark, embankment

declivity, drop-off, pitch

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