PLATEAU Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

plateau 1 of 2

noun

pla-ˈtō

Definition of plateau

as in mesa

a broad flat area of elevated land Native Americans have inhabited the plateau for centuries

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verb

as in to stabilize

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stabilize

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Recent Examples of plateau

Noun

But another frontier remains to be realized, one in which MU ascends from this fine plateau to make good on the sort of top-tier promise implied by the school’s now-enormous commitment to football. — Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2026 The shoulder of the plateau gave me complete cover from the snow leopard beneath. — Literary Hub, 3 Sep. 2026

Verb

Most people plateau at 1 or 2 because the habit development beyond that is genuinely hard. — Mary Crossan, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026 Ivan learned rapidly for the first year and then seemed to plateau. — Rachel Aviv, New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for plateau

Recent Examples of Synonyms for plateau

Noun

Los Alamos, not far from Santa Fe, sits at the foot of Pajarito Mountain in a land of canyons and mesas.

— Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
Beginning in the late 1960s, artists abandoned galleries in favour of deserts, salt flats, mesas, and remote terrain, using these surroundings as both setting and material.

— Lara Johnson-Wheeler, Vogue, 3 July 2026

Definition of mesa

Verb

Forests, wetlands and mangroves store carbon at scale, buffer storm surge, and stabilize the soils and waters that economies depend on.

— Marcene Mitchell, Fortune, 20 Sep. 2026
In response to those attacks, Moscow banned diesel exports until October to stabilize its supply.

— Victoria Hoffmann, Christian Science Monitor, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of stabilize

Noun

Only a depression in the ground remains at the Ingalls Dugout Site, but eagle-eyed visitors can still spot the spring, tablelands, thickets of plum trees, and other landmarksr described in the book of the same name.

— Alicia Underlee Nelson, Midwest Living, 22 June 2026
Pedro Cervantes painted jewellike vistas of New Mexico’s tablelands.

— John P. Murphy, ARTnews.com, 5 Apr. 2026

Definition of tableland

Noun

Built in the late 19 th century to transport the altiplano’s abundant metals and minerals, the railway line once ran from Bolivia’s de facto capital La Paz to the Pacific port of Antofagasta in Chile.

— The Editors, Outside, 31 Aug. 2025
Tiwanaku communities first emerged in an altiplano, or high plain, of the Andes called the Titicaca Basin, named after Lake Titicaca.

— Gina Park, CNN Money, 19 Aug. 2025

Definition of altiplano

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