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 In the Himalayan region, fragile mountains, seismic activity and unpredictable underground conditions make tunnel projects especially risky. — ABC News, 21 July 2026 Cider is at its finest in a traditional sidrería, where it is served with Cabrales, a blue cheese aged high in the Picos de Europa mountains by cheesemakers and shepherds. — Nigel Hack, Travel + Leisure, 21 July 2026 And two of them play silent, meditative nature imagery of birds, mountains, seascapes and trees. — Deborah Vankin, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2026 My wife — a nurse — kept me alive and helped get me out of the mountains. — Eric "doc" Stelnicki, Sun Sentinel, 20 July 2026 Cyprus has a typical Mediterranean climate, says Yiannis, but also mountains which moderate the temperatures. — Forbes.com, 20 July 2026 The road climbs through green mountains before suddenly revealing the Atlantic Ocean. — Rafael Peña, Miami Herald, 15 July 2026 High temperatures in the 90s for inland Orange County and in the mountains below 6000 feet, in the mid 90s to 104 in the San Diego County valleys, and in the upper 90s to 108 for the Inland Empire expected. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 14 July 2026 These complexes are reportedly used to store missiles, launch equipment, fuel, and supporting infrastructure beneath mountains or layers of rock and soil. — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 14 July 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains

Noun

Swiss engineers have been consulted to build gondola rides to the peaks.

— Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 24 July 2026
Margin debt has grown over 40% year-over-year to levels last seen near speculative market peaks in 2000, 2007 and 2021, according to data from Leuthold Group.

— Justin Zacks, CNBC, 24 July 2026

Definition of peaks

Noun

Why the farmer’s walk works Walking with heavy loads recruits nearly every major muscle group, with particular activation in the core and lower body.

— Hanna Wickes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
Flaxseeds From lowering cholesterol to lowering the risk of certain diseases, flaxseeds come with loads of health benefits.

— Audrey Noble, Vogue, 24 July 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

While baking soda is famously good at deodorizing smelly things, adding salt to compost piles can interrupt the composting process.

— Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 July 2026
Instead, there would be an uptick in compound disasters, as one extreme piles upon another.

— Andrew Freedman, CNN Money, 20 July 2026

Definition of piles

Noun

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
Odds are most Dodgers fans haven’t seen, say, his Kunsthaus Bregenz, in a small town on the northern edge of the Austrian alps.

— Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 6 Mar. 2026

Definition of alps

Noun

Federal prosecutors accuse Maduro and Flores of conspiring with drug cartels to facilitate the flow of thousands of tons of cocaine into the United States.

— Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 22 July 2026
Six Boeing 767 airlifts have carried 295 tons of relief supplies into the country.

— Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

The same concept applies to business AI tools that replace 'duct-tape’ stacks used by small businesses.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 22 July 2026
As vehicles age, OE on-board hardware becomes obsolete as cellular providers replace older technology and automakers stop investing in aging back-end stacks and features.

— Michael Harley, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026

Definition of stacks

Noun

Miami officials have agreed to spend up to $150 million to lease dozens of new city vehicles — from street sweepers to motorcycles and ambulances — to address the city’s aging fleet.

— Tess Riski July 24, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
While The Athletic spoke to a dozen sources around the league for this story, almost all refused to comment for publication, even anonymously.

— Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

Newly renovated and reopened, Octant Vila Monte is a boutique 55-room retreat set among the hills of the Algarve, Portugal’s southernmost stretch of countryside and Mediterranean beaches.

— Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 23 July 2026
Some larger units offer panoramic terraces with views of Florence and the surrounding hills.

— Irene S. Levine, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026