Chasm

/ˈkæzəm/

Synonyms for "chasm" (130 found)

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Closest matches (26)

abysm abyss aperture arroyo blankbox canyonbreach break broaching canyon cavity chap check chimney chink clearing cleavage cleft cleuch clough

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clove col coulee

Noun(3 words)

abysses breach cleft

Strong matches (39)

couloir crack cranny crater crevasse crevice cut cwm deep defile dell depth dig diggings dike disclosure ditch donga draw excavation

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fault fenestra fissure fistula flaw flume fontanel foramen fracture furrow gap gape gash gat gorge

Noun(4 words)

crevasse divide fissure gap

Related words (65)

Noun(6 words)

gorges gulf gulfs maws ravines yawning

groove gulch gulf gully hiatus hole hollow incision inlet interval joint kloof lacunalaying openleak mine moat notch nullah omission

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openingopening uporifice outlet overlook oversight pass passage passageway pit pore preterition quarry ravine rent rift rime rupture schism scissure seam shaft skip slit slot space split stomathrowing opentrench uncorking unstopping valley void wadi well workings yawnyawning abyss

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More general

6 entries

difference disparity gapgeological featurelandform opening

More specific

8 entries

crevassecultural gulfgeneration gapgorgeideological chasmpolitical divideravine rift

Collocations

5 entries

chasm betweencultural chasmdeep chasmgeological chasmideological chasm

Inflections

2 entries

chasmes chasms

Derivations

2 entries

chasmal chasmic

Sample sentences

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The chasm is twenty feet wide and very deep.

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He's standing on the edge of the chasm.

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The pupils of her eyes had the blackness of a deep chasm.

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We're starting our descent into the chasm.

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