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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Noun

Mason Black took the mound for Lynch after a strikeout and a walk. — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2026 During a mound visit in the top of the first inning with the Colorado Rockies already trailing the Arizona Diamondbacks by two runs, a lone voice of encouragement emerged from an otherwise restless and murmuring crowd at Coors Field. — ABC News, 22 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

Under the version that’s been discussed, the federal credit could be stacked on top of state credits, and in some states taxpayers would end up covering close to half the budget of a movie made by Netflix, Apple, or Amazon.

— Lane Brown, Vulture, 23 Sep. 2026
The payoff comes from stacking small wins, including bitter flavor cues that wake up the cephalic phase of digestion, fiber that feeds gut bacteria and nutrients that support overall health.

— Hanna Wickes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 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

The more intimate spaces in the apartment are paneled in the same heavy black raw silk that was once used for a Dolce & Gabbana opera coat; even the windows are curtained in billowing drifts of black silk chiffon.

— Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
RRaytron Microelectronics+1 Dedicated processing is important because infrared detector data can be affected by issues including temperature drift and non-uniformity.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 20 Sep. 2026

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