Synonyms of valleys

valleys

noun

plural of valley

as in ravines

an area of lowland between hills or mountains

the valley will be the first to flood if the river rises

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ravines
• canyons
• hollows
• gorges
• glens
• vales
• dales
• gullies
• gulches
• denes
• basins
• depressions
• dells
• bowls
• combes
• rift valleys
• kloofs
• dingles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• mountains
• peaks
• mounts
• summits
• heights
• pinnacles
• alps
• plateaus
• mountaintops
• tablelands

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of valleys

This disposition that will serve the character well in the valleys of despair the story will soon unexpectedly plunge her into. — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 15 Sep. 2026

Historic Hills Scenic Byway Iowa Autumn color paints the valleys and family farms between the Villages of Van Buren County, seven historic burgs punctuating this quiet 105-mile drive along the Des Moines River in southeast Iowa. — Hannah Agran, Midwest Living, 12 Sep. 2026

Temperatures in some parts of the coast and nearby valleys could drop 4 to 8 degrees Thursday, while only dropping a degree or two in the mountains and foothills, the Weather Service’s Oxnard office said. — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Once the surfaces were smoothed, these strong readings vanished, revealing that regions long believed to be fast lanes for ion transport were actually just microscopic valleys on the material’s surface. — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

It’s set on a remote farm nestled high in the Rocky Mountains in the early 1950s, and the images — of jutting peaks and plunging valleys, of endless stretches of pine, of the craggy frosted grandeur of it all — are vivid enough to carry you away. — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 5 Sep. 2026

Nine days after flash flooding washed away valleys and buried entire villages, rescue workers in Nepal had started to shift their operations from finding survivors to recovering bodies. — Kosh Raj Koirala, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2026

The peaks are dark and snow-capped, the valleys deep and glacial. — Holden Frith, TheWeek, 4 Sep. 2026

The heat will also build across parts of the Ohio and Tennessee valleys and the Mid-Atlantic through Saturday, with Heat Advisories posted Thursday for parts of those regions. — Brandi D. Addison, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026