Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun precipitousness

2 senses of precipitousness

Sense 1
abruptness, precipitousness, steepness -- (the property possessed by a slope that is very steep)
       => gradient, slope -- (the property possessed by a line or surface that departs from the horizontal; "a five-degree gradient")

Sense 2
abruptness, precipitateness, precipitousness, precipitance, precipitancy, suddenness -- (the quality of happening with headlong haste or without warning)
       => haste, hastiness, hurry, hurriedness, precipitation -- (overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste")