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

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

Most also agree on the origin of the beans, which are said to come from the low valleys and mountain slopes of the Andes in Peru. — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2026

The rich landscape gives rise to diverse flavors, from rice paddies in the plains and orange groves in the valleys to grapevines in the countryside. — Condé Nast Traveler, 3 Sep. 2026

The possibility of finding survivors ​elsewhere ⁠was fading, authorities said, but there was no letup in rescue operations as teams scoured the mountainside along the border with China where floods tore through towns and valleys. — Reuters, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

The rupture released a torrent of ice, mud, rock, and water that built up and then burst through the region’s narrow valleys and waterways. — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026