Synonyms for plateau
plæˈtoʊ; esp. Brit. ˈplæt oʊ; -ˈtoʊz, -toʊzplateau

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1. tableland, plateaunoun

   a relatively flat highland

   Synonyms:
   tableland

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1. • Highland

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1. plateauadjective

   Synonyms:
   plain (elevated), table-land

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1. plateaunoun

   Synonyms:
   table-land, mesa

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1. List of paraphrases for "plateau":

   shelf, platter, tray, continental, plateaus, highland, mower, altiplano, plateaux, highlands, trays, turntable, set, heights, pan, plate

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1. Josephine Preston Peabody:

   One never learns by success. Success is the plateau that one rests upon to take breath and look down from upon the straight and difficult path, but one does not climb upon a plateau.

2. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   We think we are at the apex on the plateau, we could lose all the progress we made in one week.

3. Chief Executive Mike Jackson:

   In a growing market you can be aggressive, once you hit a plateau you have to bring those inventories into line. We have changed our forward orders.

4. Samuel Turvey:

   Our analysis reveals that Chinese giant salamander species diverged between 3.1 and 2.4 million years ago, these dates correspond to a period of mountain formation in South China as the Tibetan Plateau rose rapidly, which could have isolated giant salamander populations and led to the evolution of distinct species in different landscapes.

5. Dave Mirra:

   It was never going to be that fun for me to go on riding on a plateau level and not keep progressing, but by the same token I got to a point where I really couldn't take getting injured anymore in the name of progression, it put me in a stalemate. I probably could have milked BMX for a lot longer if I'd really wanted to, but that's not my style.