Synonyms of mount

mount 1 of 3

verb

1

as in to increase

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

medical expenses began to mount

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increase
• rise
• accelerate
• climb
• swell
• expand
• wax
• intensify
• multiply
• roll up
• accumulate
• proliferate
• escalate
• boom
• balloon
• mushroom
• spread
• snowball
• gain
• jump
• enlarge
• surge
• build up
• appreciate
• burgeon
• bourgeon
• rocket
• heighten
• skyrocket
• bulk
• inflate
• peak
• redouble
• crest
• puff (up)
• distend
• blow up
• crescendo

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decrease
• diminish
• contract
• lessen
• recede
• dwindle
• wane

2

as in to offer

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition

the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offer
• present
• give
• carry
• stage
• perform
• display
• show
• expose
• exhibit
• render
• come out with
• parade
• enact
• unveil
• play
• portray
• show off
• represent
• act
• depict
• extend
• preview
• dramatize
• impersonate
• tender
• proffer

3

as in to climb

to move or extend upward

the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view

Synonyms & Similar Words

• climb
• rise
• ascend
• soar
• lift
• up
• thrust
• slope
• arise
• aspire
• tilt
• tower
• uprear
• upturn
• uprise
• surge
• upthrust
• lean
• elevate
• incline
• scale
• raise
• top
• surmount
• uplift
• boost
• zoom
• balloon
• take off
• blast off
• tip
• upheave
• cant
• upraise
• crest
• slant
• list
• recline

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fall (off)
• drop
• descend
• decline
• plunge
• dip
• slide
• sink
• dive
• plummet
• nose-dive

mount

2 of 3

noun (1)

as in mountain

an elevation of land higher than a hill

Mount Everest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mountain
• peak
• hump
• pinnacle
• alp
• mountain range
• knob
• summit
• horn
• sierra
• cordillera
• range
• seamount
• mountaintop
• inselberg
• aiguille

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valley
• bowl
• basin
• depression
• hollow
• vale

mount

3 of 3

noun (2)

as in mounting

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else

hammered together a mount for the cameras

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mounting
• support
• shore
• brace
• pillar
• reinforcement
• prop
• spur
• stay
• foundation
• column
• bracket
• buttress
• arch
• truss
• crutch
• pedestal
• underpinning
• stand
• cantilever
• shoring
• frame
• peg
• bolster
• stake
• bearing
• girder
• pilaster
• strut
• post
• base
• stanchion
• stilt