Thesaurus:valley

Thesaurus

valley

English

Noun

Sense: an elongated depression between hills or mountains

Synonyms

• valley
• combe
• dale
• dell
• slade
• vale

Hyponyms

• arroyo
• bottom
• canyon
• chine
• closed-cut valley
• coulee
• cove
• dene
• dingle
• draw
• gulch
• glen
• gorge
• gully
• hollow
• kloof
• open valley
• ravine
• strath
• wadi

Hypernyms

• landform    [⇒ thesaurus]
• depression

Various

• abyss
• chasm
• gulf
• gorge
• ravine

Further reading

• “concavity” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “interval” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “valley” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.