HUMMOCK Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

hummock

noun

Definition of hummock

as in mountain

a small hill The hummocks of grass dotting the landscape were easy to traverse.

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Recent Examples of hummock Scoresby scoured the tundra with his binoculars and spotted two musk oxen—hairy hummocks on the hill. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks. — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024 There, in a tangle of roots, dead wood and grass on a hummock about the size of a pitcher's mound, coiled a 2-foot-long snake. — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 Like a swarm of rattlesnakes trying to escape their den, the first rat launches itself off the hummock toward the safety of the Roseau cane, revealing five or six others beneath. — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020 The SoHo townhouse is packed with hummocks of clothes and sundry stuff, much of it to be donated to charity. — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019 Now the potholed muddy track meandering among the hummocks barely resembles a road. — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019

Recent Examples of Synonyms for hummock

Noun

Nastassja Martin is a French anthropologist who studies indigenous cultures in Alaska and the Siberian mountains of Kamchatka.

— The Know, Denver Post, 9 Aug. 2026
All of this good fortune heaped a mountain of pressure on Burke, who was then living in Virginia and working as an associate editor at Katie Couric Media, a fast-churning life-style site that traffics primarily in wellness and shopping content.

— Rachel Syme, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of mountain

Noun

After a discussion, the umpires announced that Schultz would have to exit because of the second mound visit of the inning.

— LaMond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 8 Aug. 2026
New York Mets rookie Jefry Yan jumped high in the air with his feet spread apart, landed on the front of the mound and then slapped the grass with his left hand while briefly going to a knee.

— ABC News, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of mound

Noun

Avalanche deaths can also occur through blunt force trauma as the snow slides slam into people and sweep them into trees or boulders, or in some cases over cliff edges.

— Andrew Graham, Sacbee.com, 8 Aug. 2026
However, the population of little red dots drops off a cliff at redshifts equating to less than 12 billion years ago.

— Keith Cooper, Space.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of cliff

Noun

Somebody else's servers failing at peak, in front of his customers, with his name on the screen.

— Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 8 Aug. 2026
One analysis found a third of all those under 35 are living back at home, just shy of the record peak during the COVID-19 pandemic, even though most are employed.

— Jennifer Ludden, NPR, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of peak

Noun

The clamber up and over a few small hillocks is all part of the fun, as is a brave cold water dip, but the real magic can be found amongst the sand dunes.

— Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026
Take, for example, a bowl of artichoke purée poured around a hillock of tender Jonah crab.

— Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026

Definition of hillock

Noun

Forty miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles, the tiny foothill community of 3,000 has one main road, spotty cell service and a lone local market.

— Rebecca Ellis, Los Angeles Times, 12 July 2026
Go wine tasting right in town, or do your research and drive the Nevada County foothill roads to a few local wineries with pretty tasting rooms.

— Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026

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