MOUNTAIN RANGE Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

mountain range

noun

Definition of mountain range

as in cordillera

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Recent Examples of mountain range But even in a regular photograph, Horálek was able to show the incredible beauty of the glow of the Milky Way's heart above the mountain range, with every color in the rainbow popping up in the gas and dust across our galaxy. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 16 July 2026 As expected, the sprawling property boasts luxury amenities, including a home theater, gym, outdoor swimming pool, gourmet kitchen, and views of the nearby Lafinka Golf Club and surrounding mountain range. — India Roby, Architectural Digest, 15 July 2026 Like a guardian of the absolute desert, Chile’s coastal mountain range sleeps a mineral slumber, the bluffs defending the driest desert in the world. — Cristina Dorador, The Dial, 14 July 2026 One of Mohonk’s central gathering points is its main dining room, where diners can enjoy an incomparable view of the local mountain range and service that is attentive and familiar. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 July 2026 Completed in 2024, the segment starts in the rugged Teton mountain range at the base of Teton Pass. — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026 Earlier this month, a snowmobiler was killed in California's Sierra Nevada mountain range after an avalanche buried him in snow. — Thao Nguyen, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026 Away Lutsen Mountains is one of only a few ski resorts in the Midwest on an actual mountain range. — Julia Sayers Gokhale, Midwest Living, 7 Jan. 2026 HunterMoss, the luxury travel company founded by Australians Julie Hunter and Anthony Moss in 2008, has rolled out a new series of supercar tours throughout the legendary European mountain range. — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 6 Jan. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountain range

Noun

At least 5,000 people perished, most of them in La Guaira state, a strip of cities and slums crammed between the coastal cordillera and the Caribbean Sea, half an hour from Caracas.

— Rafael Osío Cabrices, Time, 20 July 2026
Among the displays are ceramic figures, scale models and paintings that narrate indigenous traditions in the Andes cordillera, from the first settlements dating back 15,000 years to the birth of the Tiwanaku state and the rise of the Incan empire.

— Washington Post, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019

Definition of cordillera

Noun

The inside of the mound was tightly stacked with beech wood which smolders for weeks until it's been turned into charcoal — a craft that's been practiced in the Harz mountain region in eastern Germany for hundreds of years.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 July 2026
Richmond, Virginia Virginia’s mountains, beaches, and rivers bat well above average in the natural beauty department, and Richmond puts you within driving distance of all of it.

— Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2026

Definition of mountain

Noun

The device also comes with a wireless remote and a tiny magnetic microphone that clips onto your clothing using a magnetic mount.

— Maryna Holovnova, New Atlas, 29 July 2026
Critics have long urged the British government to pull the plug on the Islamic Center’s operation as pressure mounts on the new prime minister, Andy Burnham, to act against Iranian regime apparatus in the country.

— Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 28 July 2026

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Noun

Mallorca’s very own mountain range is perfect walking territory, boasting the famous Ruta de Pedra en Sec (Dry Stone Route), a 93-mile trail that runs the length of the sierra from Andratx to Pollença.

— Paul Richardson, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Feb. 2026
Facial moles like cacti in the sierra, front-tooth gaps like keyhole nebulae.

— Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 14 Nov. 2022

Definition of sierra

Noun

Guests can take advantage of a range of indoor and outdoor amenities, including a fitness center, bowling alley, movie theater, heated swimming pool and tennis and basketball courts.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026
The range reflects the uncertainties around factors like how fast the ice melts off the landmass of Antarctica, which is sped up by the warming permafrost, said Obeysekera.

— Denise Hruby, Miami Herald, 31 July 2026

Definition of range

Noun

Purja set off on his record-breaking summit of the world’s 14 highest peaks in April 2019, finishing 189 days later in October, smashing a record set by South Korean Kim Chang-ho in 2013 – by more than seven years.

— Lex Harvey, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
The city's local Democratic lawmakers claim that the tough-on-crime policies only temporarily reduced crime while troop presence was at its peak.

— ABC News, ABC News, 31 July 2026

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