Synonyms of mound

mound 1 of 2

noun

1

as in bank

a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow)

mounds of snow after the plow had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bank
• mountain
• drift
• stack
• tuft
• heap
• bar
• embankment
• hill
• snowdrift
• mass
• snowbank
• sandbar

2

as in pile

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pile
• stack
• hill
• mountain
• heap
• cock
• layer
• embankment
• bed
• hoard
• bank
• pyramid
• collection
• accumulation
• assemblage
• jumble
• drift
• aggregate
• array
• cairn
• bar
• gathering
• pyre
• barrow
• mow
• grouping
• rick
• knot
• huddle
• conglomeration
• pileup

3

as in hill

an area of high ground

a pitcher's mound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hill
• mountain
• cliff
• knoll
• highland
• upland
• prominence
• crag
• eminence
• elevation
• bluff
• hump
• ridge
• plateau
• height
• foothill
• rise
• dome
• altitude(s)
• mesa
• tableland
• butte
• peak
• mount
• hillock
• hummock
• tor
• precipice
• steep
• table
• alp
• knob
• sierra
• downs
• sugarloaf

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowland
• valley
• hollow
• depression
• basin
• glen
• dale
• vale
• bottom
• plain
• dell
• floodplain
• flat
• bottomland
• fen
• tidewater
• dingle

mound

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verb

ˈmau̇nd 

1

as in to hill

to form into a pile or ridge of earth

mound the mulch around the plants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hill
• pile
• stack
• clump
• bank
• heap
• lump
• gather
• collect
• assemble
• accumulate
• pyramid
• bunch
• wad
• group
• conglomerate
• mass
• embank
• bundle
• amass

2

as in to pile

to lay or throw on top of one another

mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pile
• stack
• heap
• layer
• assemble
• collect
• gather
• accumulate
• bank
• lump
• group
• pyramid
• clump
• bunch
• concentrate
• mass
• garner
• amass

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpile

Examples of mound in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The grinding process will leave a large mound of chips mixed with soil that will need to be removed and replaced with topsoil. —Tim Johnson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Oct. 2024

The top third of the mound belongs to Osage Nation, but there are two settler houses on lower tiers. —Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 2 Oct. 2024

Verb

Ladle the soup into 8 bowls and mound one-eighth of the crab mixture in the center of each bowl and serve. —Bethany Thayer, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024

But the reigning Cy Young winner has been taking things slow before transitioning to mound work, the next significant step in his recovery. —Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 1 May 2024