Synonyms of ravine

ravine

noun

rə-ˈvēn 

as in canyon

a narrow opening between hillsides or mountains that can be used for passage

he urged his horse down into the ravine where there was a thin stream of water flowing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• canyon
• gorge
• valley
• gap
• saddle
• gulch
• col
• crevice
• abyss
• pass
• trench
• flume
• defile
• glen
• kloof
• fissure
• crevasse
• couloir
• chasm
• gulf
• notch
• cleft
• linn
• basin
• gill
• vale
• gutter
• gully
• dale
• arroyo
• hollow
• dell
• combe
• cirque
• wadi
• floodplain
• trough
• barranca
• coulee
• kettle
• cwm
• nullah
• wash
• shut-in
• draw

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of ravine

When camping in an open environment, select a campsite in a valley, ravine, or low region. — Kansas City Star Weather Bot, Kansas City Star, 25 June 2026

The Honolulu Fire Department retrieved her body from the ravine, the Star-Advertiser reported. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

Elsewhere, drivers encountered a very different kind of mess when a tractor-trailer hauling 40,000 pounds of extra-firm tofu crashed off a highway into a ravine in Missouri in March, The New York Times reported. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 23 June 2026

The gardens were developed in the 1930s on a site featuring natural ravines, now crossed by suspension bridges and laced with trails. — Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 23 June 2026