MOUNTAINS Synonyms: 236 Similar and Opposite Words

mountains

noun

plural of mountain

as in peaks

an elevation of land higher than a hill my cousin likes to climb mountains just because she can

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as in loads

a considerable amount receives a mountain of mail every year for the holidays

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as in piles

a quantity of things thrown or stacked on one another he piled a mountain of mashed potatoes on his plate

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Recent Examples of mountains Its elevated setting offers sweeping views across the surrounding countryside towards Gibraltar and, on clear days, the mountains of North Africa. — Jamie Carter, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026 The first segment of the new season, hosted by Norah O’Donnell, was about a fighter pilot, code-named Bravo, whose plane was shot down over mountains in Iran. — Vinson Cunningham, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2026 In North Georgia’s mountains, autumn already is transforming ridges, forests and streambanks into dazzling palettes of reds, yellows, maroons and deep oranges — all part of nature’s annual leaf color spectacle. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 17 Oct. 2026 The snow ranged from flurries in one part of the mountains to a snow-ice mix at 6,643-foot Kuwohi, the highest peak in the Great Smoky Mountains formerly known as Clingmans Dome, according to the NWS. — Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026 Indeed, the architecture can respond to the landscape, framing the valley and adjacent mountains in whatever way best suits the owner’s vision. — Nick Scott, Robb Report, 17 Oct. 2026 Weather officials say moderate to strong Santa Ana winds will continue across LA and Ventura counties, with gusts reaching more than 80 mph in the windiest spots in the mountains, like the Magic Mountain Truck Trail. — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 16 Oct. 2026 Red flag warnings remained in effect for several areas, including the Sierra Nevada, North Bay mountains and parts of Southern California, where Santa Ana winds were expected. — Sacbee.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Videos on social media show houses and sheds being swept away by the swollen river flowing between tall mountains. — ABC News, 11 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains

Noun

The Orionid meteor shower activity peaks when Earth travels through the densest section of the debris trail left by Comet 1P/Halley.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches with up to 10 inches along the highest mountain peaks.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2026

Definition of peaks

Noun

Cranes lift 200-ton loads at mountain bridge site The R4300-200 has a maximum lifting capacity of 200 metric tons (220 US tons) and an 80-meter jib (262 feet).

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026
Its remaining civil rights workers have described untenable case loads and pressure to dismiss complaints.

— Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

There’s joy, there’s music, there’s magically regenerating food, trees that flower and fruit at the same time, piles of treasure, crystals that rain from the sky, everlasting happiness and health.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Discreet ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘maybe’ piles of pictures appear on the floor, to be reviewed by Grimes and Gallici later.

— Lucy Maguire, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

Holed up in her brutalist home in the Swiss alps with her pet snails, she is approached by a handsome young publisher from New York (Alden Ehrenreich) with the impossible task of convincing her to write another book in her Ripley series.

— Alex Jhamb Burns, Vogue, 21 Oct. 2026
There have been a number previous instances of that, including a Germanwings flight that crashed into the French alps in 2015, killing everyone aboard.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 May 2026

Definition of alps

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Improvements can even open new uses for electronics Benoit Lessard’s research group at the University of Ottawa is exploring different materials that can serve as the base layer for these conducting stacks, known as thin-film transistors.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 17 Oct. 2026
With traditional debt tightening, developers have faced pressure to scale back projects or rethink their capital stacks entirely.

— Jill Jones, Forbes.com, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of stacks

Noun

An ocean bordered by dozens of countries would be far harder to rename than a gulf or a lake.

— Bilin Lin, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2026
Two women, ages 50 and 60, were killed and dozens of other people were wounded in a Russian strike on a market in Lozova, in Ukraine's northeastern Kharkiv region, said Oleh Syniehubov, head of the regional military administration.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
By spring, green shoots sprouted on the hills above the Rio Ruidoso.

— Abe Streep, ProPublica, 21 Oct. 2026