ALPS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

alps

noun

plural of alp

as in mountains

an elevation of land higher than a hill an adventurer who has scaled alps, explored ocean depths, and flown into the stratosphere

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Recent Examples of alps There have been a number previous instances of that, including a Germanwings flight that crashed into the French alps in 2015, killing everyone aboard. —

ABC News, 7 May 2026 Odds are most Dodgers fans haven’t seen, say, his Kunsthaus Bregenz, in a small town on the northern edge of the Austrian alps. —

Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026 This version, however, focuses on his friendship with 12-year-old Georg, who discovers and secretly raises the puppy in a mountain hospice, leading to adventures in the Swiss alps. —

Leo Barraclough, Variety, 14 Oct. 2025

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mountains

Noun

Several of the incidents took place in the mountains, with some people injured while out foraging for wild plants and vegetables.

— Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 9 June 2026
There is snow on the mountains, dense fog that blankets crops in the fall, giving life to wine-country grapes, fires in the dry season and the occasional earthquake.

— Zinzi Clemmons, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2026