mount

mount

verb

Definition of MOUNT

1

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number <medical expenses began to mount>

Synonyms accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax

Related Words jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge; heighten, intensify, redouble; blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up); crescendo, crest, peak

Antonyms contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane

2

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition <the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera>

Synonyms carry, give, mount, offer, stage

Related Words display, exhibit, expose, parade, show, show off, unveil; preview; act, impersonate, perform, play, portray; depict, dramatize, enact, render, represent; extend, proffer, tender

3

to move or extend upward <the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view>

Synonyms arise, aspire, climb, lift, mount, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Related Words surge, tower; boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise; balloon, blast off, take off, zoom; crest, scale, surmount, top; cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge