MOUNTAINOUSNESS Synonyms: 60 Similar and Opposite Words

mountainousness

noun

Definition of mountainousness

as in voluminousness

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Noun

The book features portraits of puesteros between shots of domestic settings and local landscapes—the little that belongs to them and the vastness that does not.

— Ana Karina Zatarain, New Yorker, 15 Aug. 2026
One group got no special instructions, while the other was told to actively find moments of awe on their walk, seeking out novelty, tapping into wonder, and noticing the vastness of things, even in their own neighborhood—all subjective, of course.

— Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of vastness

Noun

Take in the 55-foot-high arches with their 29,000 Guastavino ceiling tiles, the larger-than-life windows, and try, just try, to reckon with the immensity of Detroit's story.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 July 2026
But Supergirl doesn’t quite want to deal with the immensity of its protagonist’s feelings; her drunken stupor is often played for laughs, defined by disheveled hair, big sunglasses, and plenty of slurred speech.

— David Sims, The Atlantic, 26 June 2026

Definition of immensity

Noun

The script brilliantly lays that out to counteract some of the hugeness of her character.

— David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026
Nowhere in the vestiges of what was once the sprawl of corporate hugeness known as The General Electric Company are there signs that Katharine Blodgett's laboratory notebooks still exist.

— Natalia Sánchez Loayza, Scientific American, 13 Mar. 2026

Definition of hugeness

Noun

That was the emotional dawn to follow Wednesday’s darkest hour, but before a new League One campaign beginning away to Leyton Orient tomorrow (Saturday), the enormity of the rebuild has become clear.

— Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
Given the enormity and complexity of the task and what’s at stake, this cannot be done on the cheap.

— Michael Posner, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of enormity

Noun

Between 2009 and 2018, their rivalry transformed El Clasico into a global TV event and turned La Liga into a weekly referendum on individual greatness.

— Clemente Lisi, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Makhachev won 49-46 on two scorecards and 48-47 on the third in a competitive five-round fight that never rose to the level of greatness.

— CBS News, CBS News, 16 Aug. 2026

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