Synonyms of mounds

mounds 1 of 2

noun

plural of mound

1

as in banks

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

mounds of snow after the plow had passed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• banks
• mountains
• drifts
• tufts
• stacks
• heaps
• bars
• embankments
• masses
• hills
• snowdrifts
• snowbanks
• sandbars

2

as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

an ever-growing mound of dirty laundry on the floor

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• stacks
• mountains
• heaps
• hills
• cocks
• layers
• hoards
• banks
• embankments
• beds
• pyramids
• accumulations
• collections
• drifts
• arrays
• assemblages
• aggregates
• barrows
• groupings
• bars
• jumbles
• cairns
• pyres
• gatherings
• ricks
• conglomerations
• mows
• knots
• pileups
• huddles

3

as in hills

an area of high ground

a pitcher's mound

Synonyms & Similar Words

• hills
• mountains
• cliffs
• knolls
• highlands
• elevations
• uplands
• eminences
• humps
• prominences
• altitudes
• bluffs
• crags
• ridges
• heights
• foothills
• plateaus
• peaks
• domes
• mesas
• buttes
• rises
• hummocks
• mounts
• hillocks
• tors
• precipices
• tables
• tablelands
• steeps
• knobs
• alps
• sierras
• downs
• sugarloafs

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• lowlands
• valleys
• depressions
• hollows
• plains
• basins
• glens
• vales
• dales
• dells
• flats
• bottoms
• floodplains
• bottomlands
• fens
• dingles
• tidewaters

mounds

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verb

present tense third-person singular of mound

1

as in stacks

to form into a pile or ridge of earth

mound the mulch around the plants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• hills
• stacks
• clumps
• banks
• lumps
• heaps
• pyramids
• masses
• accumulates
• wads
• groups
• gathers
• bunches
• collects
• assembles
• bundles
• conglomerates
• amasses
• embanks

2

as in heaps

to lay or throw on top of one another

mounding slices of cheese on top of her sandwich meat

Synonyms & Similar Words

• piles
• stacks
• heaps
• layers
• banks
• collects
• assembles
• groups
• gathers
• clumps
• masses
• accumulates
• lumps
• pyramids
• concentrates
• bunches
• amasses
• garners

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• unpiles

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mounds

Noun

Why to Fertilize Petunias Petunias are fast-growing plants that produce mounds of foliage and abundant blooms. — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2026

Holston specifically recommends everbearing alpine varieties, which grow in small mounds and take up less space. — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 12 July 2026

Plants form compact mounds six to 12 inches tall and wide, covered with fuzzy blooms resembling powder puffs. — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2026

In a recent, first-hand look in Spring Grove Cemetery in Hartford, Sportman quickly spotted mounds of dirt under dense overgrowth that encircle three-quarters of the hole at the gravesite of Sgt. — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 July 2026

Out of respect for the culture and history of this sacred site, the mounds are accessible only on foot. — Josh Laskin, Travel + Leisure, 3 July 2026

Kansas Citians used sandbags, broken concrete, mounds of dirt and rocks from local quarries, and junked cars to shore up the levees protecting Municipal Airport and North Kansas City. — Kansas City Public Library Staff, Kansas City Star, 1 July 2026

Thousands of rescuers, relatives and volunteers dig day and night through mounds of concrete to find survivors of the earthquakes that struck Venezuela more than three days ago, leaving nearly 1,500 dead and tens of thousands missing. — Luis E. Romero, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

Helicopter flyovers of Big Cypress National Preserve identified remote indigenous mounds, to this day largely unexplored. — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 30 June 2026