Thesaurus results for PROMONTORY

promontory

noun

ˈprä-mən-ˌtȯr-ē

as in peninsula

an area of high ground jutting out into a body of water beyond the line of the coast stood on the windswept promontory overlooking the bay

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as in cape

an area of land that juts out into a body of water Cape May is Delaware Bay's largest promontory

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Recent Examples of promontory The castle sits atop a dramatic rocky promontory and makes for a spooky side trip for those visiting Bucharest (about a three-hour drive south). —

Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2025 By Eren Orbey Scott Johnson was found dead at the base of North Head, a sandstone promontory in Manly, Australia, that looms two hundred feet above the craggy shore of the Tasman Sea. —

The New Yorker, New Yorker, 13 Oct. 2025 Once settled, campers can follow the Shoreline Trail from camp to make a loop around Turtle Back Hill, a promontory that juts out into a brackish, intertidal salt marshlands. —

Don Sproul, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025 The promontories rising on each side of the Strait of Gibraltar are known as the Pillars of Hercules. —

Elizabeth Fernandez, Big Think, 4 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for promontory

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Nômadé has a coastal feel, serving Yucatán Mexican cuisine inspired by the beaches of the peninsula and the seafood traditions of the Mexican Gulf Coast.

— Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 28 Feb. 2026
That September, Ukraine’s main intelligence service, the SBU, developed a plan to sink Russian warships stationed in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014.

— Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 27 Feb. 2026