The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.
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Steep
//stiːp//
Synonyms for "steep" (277 found)
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Closest matches (56)
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (83)
elevatedelevationeminenceeminentenormousentinctureescarpmentessentializeetheretherealexactingexaggeratedexaltedexcessiveexorbitantexpensiveexpressextortionateextravagantextreme
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Adjective(2 words)
Adjective(2 words)
Related words (138)
liftlixiviateloftyluxuriousmaceratemarinatemeanmelt downmonstrousmonumentalmountainousmountingno picnicnot affordablenot easyof great costolympianolympian heightsoperoseorthodiagonal
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orthogonalout of boundsout of sightout of this worldoutrageousouttoppingoverbigoverdevelopedovergreatovergrownoverlargeoverlookingovermuchoverpricedovertoppingoverweeningpalisadepalisadespenetratepercolatepermeatepervadepickleplumbplungingprecipicepremiumpress outpriceyprominentraiserapidrefinerenderrichright-angleright-angledright-angularrigorousrinseriserising groundroughruggedsaturatescarscarpseasonseetheset with thornsseveresharpsheerskysoaksoaringsoddensopsousespinyspiringsqueezesteep sidedsteepishstiffstraight-upstraight-up-and-downstratospherestrenuoussublimesubmergesuffusesumptuoussuperlativesupernaltalltemperthornyticklishtincturetingetoilsometoo muchtoptoplesstoploftytoppingtoughtoweringtowerytransfusetrickyunbridledundueunpayableunreasonableunrestrainedup-and-downuphillupliftedupreareduprisevantage groundvantage pointverticalwallwashwaterlogwetwickedwringwring outzenith
Adjective(3 words)
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More general
15 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
1 entriesderived
7 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
2 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
similar
23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
199 translations across 65 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- pjerrët adj (near-vertical)
Ancient Greek
3 entries- αἰπύς adj (near-vertical)
- ἠλίβατος adj (near-vertical)
- καταβρέχω verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Armenian
3 entries- դիք adj (near-vertical)
- զառիթափ adj (near-vertical)
- զառիվեր adj (near-vertical)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- dik adj (near-vertical)
- sarp adj (near-vertical)
Bashkir
1 entries- текә adj (near-vertical)
Basque
1 entries- piko adj (near-vertical)
Belarusian
3 entries- круты́ adj (near-vertical)
- стро́мкi adj (near-vertical)
- стро́мы adj (near-vertical)
Bulgarian
4 entries- стръмен adj (near-vertical)
- варя verb (to make tea or other beverage)
- накисвам verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- потапям verb (to imbue with an abstract quality)
Catalan
2 entries- escarpat adj (near-vertical)
- rost adj (near-vertical)
Central Kurdish
1 entries- لێژ adj (near-vertical)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 陡 adj (near-vertical)
- 沏 verb (to make tea or other beverage)
- 泡 verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Cornish
1 entries- serth adj (near-vertical)
Czech
4 entries- prudký adj (near-vertical)
- příkrý adj (near-vertical)
- strmý adj (near-vertical)
- louhovat verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Danish
4 entries- stejl adj (near-vertical)
- dykke verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- dyppe verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- trække verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Dutch
2 entries- steil adj (near-vertical)
- weken verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Esperanto
2 entries- apika adj (near-vertical)
- kruta adj (near-vertical)
Estonian
1 entries- järsk adj (near-vertical)
Finnish
3 entries- jyrkkä adj (near-vertical)
- kyllästää verb (to imbue with an abstract quality)
- liottaa verb (to soak an item in liquid)
French
4 entries- abrupt adj (near-vertical)
- escarpé adj (near-vertical)
- imbiber verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- imprégner verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Galician
4 entries- alpeiro adj (near-vertical)
- arduo adj (near-vertical)
- empenougado adj (near-vertical)
- enfesto adj (near-vertical)
Georgian
2 entries- ფრიალო adj (near-vertical)
- ციცაბო adj (near-vertical)
German
4 entries- steil adj (near-vertical)
- Lauge noun (liquid)
- eintauchen verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- einweichen verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Greek
1 entries- απότομος adj (near-vertical)
Hebrew
2 entries- תָּלוּל adj (near-vertical)
- השרה verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Hungarian
1 entries- meredek adj (near-vertical)
Icelandic
3 entries- brattur adj (near-vertical)
- hallur adj (near-vertical)
- snarbrattur adj (near-vertical)
Irish
2 entries- crochta adj (near-vertical)
- géar adj (near-vertical)
Italian
4 entries- erto adj (near-vertical)
- ripido adj (near-vertical)
- scosceso adj (near-vertical)
- decantare verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Japanese
4 entries- 急 adj (near-vertical)
- 険しい adj (near-vertical)
- 注ぎ込む verb (to imbue with an abstract quality)
- 浸す verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Kalmyk
1 entries- эгц adj (near-vertical)
Korean
1 entries- 가파르다 adj (near-vertical)
Ladin
1 entries- ërt adj (near-vertical)
Latin
4 entries- arduus adj (near-vertical)
- praeceps adj (near-vertical)
- praeruptus adj (near-vertical)
- subficiō verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Latvian
2 entries- kraujš adj (near-vertical)
- stāvs adj (near-vertical)
Lithuanian
2 entries- skardi̇̀ngas adj (near-vertical)
- statùs adj (near-vertical)
Lower Sorbian
3 entries- nagły adj (near-vertical)
- napśiski adj (near-vertical)
- napśismy adj (near-vertical)
Macedonian
1 entries- стрмен adj (near-vertical)
Malay
2 entries- cerun adj (near-vertical)
- curam adj (near-vertical)
Mongolian
4 entries- огцом adj (near-vertical)
- эгц adj (near-vertical)
- ᠡᠭᠴᠡ adj (near-vertical)
- ᠣᠭᠴᠤᠮ adj (near-vertical)
Māori
4 entries- tāheke adj (near-vertical)
- tākau adj (near-vertical)
- tūhoa adj (near-vertical)
- tūhoe adj (near-vertical)
Norman
1 entries- raide adj (near-vertical)
Norwegian
1 entries- bratt adj (near-vertical)
Occitan
3 entries- abrupt adj (near-vertical)
- escalabrós adj (near-vertical)
- escarpat adj (near-vertical)
Old English
2 entries- brant adj (near-vertical)
- stealc adj (near-vertical)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- صارپ adj (near-vertical)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- steil adj (near-vertical)
Polish
3 entries- stromy adj (near-vertical)
- zaparzać verb (to make tea or other beverage)
- zaparzyć verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Portuguese
2 entries- íngreme adj (near-vertical)
- íngrime adj (near-vertical)
Romanian
1 entries- abrupt adj (near-vertical)
Romansch
1 entries- stip adj (near-vertical)
Russian
4 entries- круто́й adj (near-vertical)
- вы́мочить verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- выма́чивать verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- зава́ривать verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- masg verb (to make tea or other beverage)
- tarraing verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- stȑm adj (near-vertical)
- стр̏м adj (near-vertical)
Slovak
1 entries- prudký adj (near-vertical)
Slovene
1 entries- strm adj (near-vertical)
Spanish
4 entries- abrupto adj (near-vertical)
- acantilado adj (near-vertical)
- empinado adj (near-vertical)
- escarpado adj (near-vertical)
Swedish
3 entries- brant adj (near-vertical)
- dra verb (to make tea or other beverage)
- indränka verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Tausug
1 entries- titib adj (near-vertical)
Thai
1 entries- ชัน adj (near-vertical)
Turkish
4 entries- dik adj (near-vertical)
- çözelti noun (liquid)
- daldırmak verb (to soak an item in liquid)
- demlemek verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Ukrainian
4 entries- крути́й adj (near-vertical)
- стрімки́й adj (near-vertical)
- нава́р noun (liquid)
- зава́рювати verb (to make tea or other beverage)
Upper Sorbian
1 entries- nahły adj (near-vertical)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dốc adj (near-vertical)
- ngâm verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Welsh
1 entries- serth adj (near-vertical)
Zazaki
2 entries- agozte noun (liquid)
- procnayen verb (to soak an item in liquid)
Sample sentences
27 total sentences available.
From this point the climb suddenly became steep.
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The steep path is the sole access to the border.
Source: tatoeba (239412)
To climb steep hills requires a slow pace at first.
Source: tatoeba (239414)
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