Synonyms of the word

steepness

• n. (uncountable) The state or quality of being steep.
• n. (countable) The result or product of being steep.

abruptness

• n. The state of being abrupt or broken; craggedness; ruggedness; steepness.
• n. Suddenness; unceremonious haste or vehemence.

gradient

• n. A slope or incline.
• n. A rate of inclination or declination of a slope.
• n. (calculus) Of a function y = f(x) or the graph of such a function, the rate of change of y with respect…
• n. (sciences) The rate at which a physical quantity increases or decreases relative to change in a given…
• n. (analysis) A differential operator that maps each point of a scalar field to a vector pointed in the direction…
• adj. Moving by steps; walking.
• adj. Rising or descending by regular degrees of inclination.
• adj. Adapted for walking, as the feet of certain birds.

precipitousness

• n. The state or quality of being precipitous.

slope

• n. An area of ground that tends evenly upward or downward.
• n. The degree to which a surface tends upward or downward.
• n. (mathematics) The ratio of the vertical and horizontal distances between two points on a line; zero if…
• n. (mathematics) The slope of the line tangent to a curve at a given point.
• n. The angle a roof surface makes with the horizontal, expressed as a ratio of the units of vertical rise…
• n. (vulgar, highly offensive, ethnic slur) A person of Chinese or other East Asian descent.
• v. (intransitive) To tend steadily upward or downward.
• v. (transitive) To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to incline or slant.
• v. (colloquial, usually followed by a preposition) To try to move surreptitiously.
• v. (military) To hold a rifle at a slope with forearm perpendicular to the body in front holding the butt,…
• adj. (obsolete) Sloping.
• adv. (obsolete) slopingly.