MOUND Synonyms: 101 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

Definition of mound

as in bank

a pile or ridge of granular matter (as sand or snow) mounds of snow after the plow had passed

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as in pile

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor

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as in hill

an area of high ground a pitcher's mound

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verb

ˈmau̇nd

as in to hill

to form into a pile or ridge of earth mound the mulch around the plants

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as in to pile

to lay or throw on top of one another mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat

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Recent Examples of mound

Noun

Despite the shortstop’s inadvertent trespassing into Bush’s headspace, the president sidestepped the ceremonial mark at the front of the mound and toed the rubber like a pro. — Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 11 Sep. 2026 The firemen are making one of their frequent marches from the mound, out of GZ, up West Street. — Devin Friedman, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026

Verb

That was especially the case while rehabbing at Class-A Charleston during a 2023 late-season return to mound that produced 40 innings of work across four levels. — Tom Layberger, Forbes.com, 26 July 2026 Planting them on a slope or mounding them can improve drainage. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mound

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mound

Noun

People might think a little harder about whether to buy a home if mortgage rates are higher — or whether to take that business loan if banks are charging more.

— Scott Horsley, NPR, 19 Sep. 2026
The files didn’t contain bank-account details, and, even if Qatar had ordered the transfers, there was no evidence that Netanyahu had actually received the money.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of bank

Noun

The delay again has created a potential cash crunch for districts during the wait for their cut — often a main revenue source for local governments — and added to the pile of complaints about the county’s decade-long property tax system upgrade.

— A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
Around them stand darkened houses, and uncollected trash piles up on the street.

— Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of pile

Noun

Iconic views of both sea and Grand Prix road below the cantilevered hills ensure that guests slide into the prestigious fantasy of the place with nary a hitch.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
The film, which Variety unveiled last year, follows Sethu and Nikita, who, in the wake of their young daughter’s death, retreat to an isolated house in the hills of Idukki in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of hill

Verb

Ergonomics was about chairs that were built for people, rather than chairs designed to fit efficiently into an office or be simple to stack and move.

— Kamal Ahmed, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2026
Standing at 407 feet tall when fully stacked, the new iteration of Starship – known as Version 3, or V3 – is the largest and most powerful rocket SpaceX has ever launched.

— Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2026

Definition of stack

Noun

There’s a real buzz in the air, both from the eager Londoners queuing patiently for their order, and from the heady fumes of roasting beans—piled up like mountains of glossy jewels behind the counter.

— Sarah Allard, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Sep. 2026
Porter County Recycling and Waste Reduction Executive Director Keri Marrs Barron stood at the closed 27-acre Portage compost site to show the massive mountains of debris.

— Doug Ross, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of mountain

Noun

Tyrese Gibson and Cody Walker after their drift session at the 2026 FuelFest stop in Southern California.

— Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 16 Sep. 2026
Future iterations could safeguard dense digital archives for millennia, or even drift inside human bloodstreams to identify diseases cell by cell.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 16 Sep. 2026

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