Synonyms for steep
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : steep |
| Phonetic Transcription : stip |
Top 10 synonyms for steep Other synonyms for the word steep
- breakneck
- damp
- declivitous
- elevated
- erect
- extortionate
- extreme
- fill
- headlong
- high
- immoderate
- impregnate
- infuse
- ingrain
- inordinate
- invest
- lifted
- lofty
- macerate
- marinate
- moisten
- overpriced
- permeate
- perpendicular
- pervade
- precipitate
- precipitous
- prerupt
- raised
- saturate
- sharp
- sheer
- soak
- sodden
- sop
- souse
- stiff
- straight-up
- submerge
- suffuse
- towering
- uncalled-for
- undue
- unmeasurable
- unreasonable
- waterlog
Définition of steep
Origin :- "having a sharp slope," Old English steap "high, lofty," from Proto-Germanic *staupaz (cf. Old Frisian stap, Middle High German *stouf), from PIE *steup- "to push, stick, knock, beat," with derivations referring to projecting objects (cf. Greek typtein "to strike," typos "a blow, mold, die;" Sanskrit tup- "harm," tundate "pushes, stabs;" Gothic stautan "push;" Old Norse stuttr "short"). The sense of "precipitous" is from c.1200. The slang sense "at a high price" is a U.S. coinage first attested 1856. Related: Steeply; steepness.
- adj extreme in direction, course
- adj very expensive
- verb let soak
- He lighted the lantern, and Hal Dozier went down the steep steps, humming.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- The banks of the river were steep, and consisted of soft clay.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- The banks of the watercourse were steep, the bottom was sandy.
- Extract from : « Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia » by Thomas Mitchell
- Immediately to the south rises the steep ridge known as the Chevin.
- Extract from : « Yorkshire Painted And Described » by Gordon Home
- Without waiting to plan, I began to climb down the steep side of the ravine.
- Extract from : « The Trail Book » by Mary Austin
- Let it steep fourteen days, and then strain it through a flannel bag.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- Cover it, and set it aside to steep for half an hour; then put it to cool.
- Extract from : « Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches » by Eliza Leslie
- They took me up a steep, short slope, and set me down near the top.
- Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington
- He could not charge at any great speed, for the ground was steep and uneven.
- Extract from : « Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood » by George MacDonald
- Here the canoe was left, and up the steep side of the hill they climbed.
- Extract from : « The Long Labrador Trail » by Dillon Wallace
Antonyms for steep
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