Synonyms of mountains

mountains

noun

plural of mountain

1

as in peaks

an elevation of land higher than a hill

my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can

Synonyms & Similar Words

• peaks
• alps
• mounts
• pinnacles
• humps
• summits
• sierras
• mountain ranges
• horns
• mountaintops
• ranges
• cordilleras
• knobs
• seamounts
• inselbergs
• aiguilles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• valleys
• basins
• bowls
• depressions
• hollows
• vales

2

as in loads

a considerable amount

receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays

Synonyms & Similar Words

• loads
• piles
• tons
• dozens
• chunks
• hundreds
• rafts
• quantities
• deals
• lots
• bunches
• stacks
• masses
• wealths
• plenties
• bundles
• slews
• abundances
• myriads
• heaps
• buckets
• yards
• sights
• volumes
• pots
• all kinds (of)
• bushels
• truckloads
• barrels
• carloads
• multiplicities
• reams
• gobs
• quite a bit
• sheaves
• stores
• fistfuls
• packs
• shiploads
• scads
• good deals
• oodles
• pecks
• wads
• boatloads
• potfuls
• basketfuls
• profusions
• platefuls
• seas
• much
• lashings
• floods
• messes
• scores
• plenitudes
• spates
• thousands
• multitudes
• passels
• rashes
• plentitudes
• plagues
• surpluses
• millions
• excesses
• epidemics
• hordes
• flocks
• armies
• crowds
• swarms
• herds
• throngs
• hosts
• embarrassments
• bonanzas
• legions
• superfluities
• deluges
• overflows
• redundancies
• overages
• overmuch
• droves
• mobs
• overabundances
• surfeits
• trillions
• crushes
• oversupplies
• zillions
• superabundances
• presses
• bevies
• plethoras
• overkills
• gazillions
• jillions
• crams
• kazillions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• shadows
• spots
• shades
• fragments
• grains
• strains
• atoms
• molecules
• streaks
• rays
• particles
• ounces
• tastes
• specks
• peanuts
• bits
• handfuls
• touches
• dots
• traces
• granules
• mouthfuls
• mites
• suspicions
• hints
• scruples
• drams
• sprinkles
• licks
• scraps
• nips
• shreds
• flecks
• glimmers
• crumbs
• aces
• pinches
• dabs
• sections
• motes
• pieces
• portions
• drops
• driblets
• pittances
• dashes
• shots
• sprinklings
• little
• morsels
• smidgens
• flyspecks
• whits
• scintillas
• modicums
• shortages
• nubbins
• smatterings
• jots
• lacks
• absences
• tittles
• iotas
• deficits
• smatters
• deficiencies
• wants
• scarcities
• famines
• inadequacies
• insufficiencies
• poverties
• dearths
• undersupplies
• paucities

3

as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another

he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mountains

Bannister’s wife, Gigi, told TMZ that the actor died peacefully at their home in the San Bernardino County mountains early Sunday. — Tim Lammers, Forbes.com, 11 Aug. 2026

Mountaineering accidents are common in northern Pakistan, home to some of the world’s highest mountains. — ABC News, 11 Aug. 2026

All evacuations have been lifted in the Willow Fire burning in Colorado's mountains, west of Leadville. — Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026

That has a stronger impact in ecosystems like Canada’s boreal forests, California’s Sierra Nevada mountains and parts of temperate Europe that evolved under relatively cool, moist conditions. — Bloomberg, Fortune, 10 Aug. 2026

Part of the experience is to just walk around and enjoy being in the mountains. — Victoria Gomelsky, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026

She was also photographed looking out at picturesque mountains with one of her brothers. — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 4 Aug. 2026

But, positioned 11th in the GC before the mountains, Włodarczyk is not riding badly and could yet pull out some great performances. — Jessica Hopkins, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2026

Douglas, whose memoir One Helluva Ride is out this fall, is a longtime Mallorca resident, buying his S’Estaca villa in the island’s Tramuntana mountains in 1989. — Adam England, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026