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 Occasionally, crews even land in the state's vast forests and mountains, then take snowmobiles to reach patients. — Elaine Appleton-Grant, NPR, 8 Nov. 2026 Santa Ana winds are creating an environment favorable for higher fire danger in the mountains west of Los Angeles on Saturday, according to forecasters. — Austin Turner, CBS News, 7 Nov. 2026 The Sky Rooftop restaurant is the property’s undisputed star with jaw-dropping panoramas of the lake, mountains, and city that surround it. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026 Africa was a different case altogether—hemmed in by mountain belts at the time, its erosion and sediment were shaped by the mountains rather than by the mantle beneath. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026 The recognition isn’t just about the mountains on the horizon — Denver’s charm comes from walkable, historic neighborhoods, extensive public art, and weather that outperforms expectations. — Sara B. Hansen, Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2026 Its sparsely populated landscape of desert, mountains and river canyons has historically recorded fewer migrant apprehensions than other parts of the southern border. — Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Nov. 2026 For nearly 40 years, the Hollywood glitterati traded their stilettos for hiking boots in service of the Sundance Film Festival, Robert Redford’s celebration of independent cinema in the Utah mountains. — Laura Dannen Redman, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2026 In the rugged mountains of Afghanistan, on the morning of March 11, 2013, something lurked just below the surface of a young Afghan man, a boy, really. — Ron Farina, Hartford Courant, 1 Nov. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains

Noun

The Taurid meteor shower is upon us, bringing multiple peaks of activity that could see spectacular shooting stars and fireballs brighten November's sky.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 4 Nov. 2026
Dozens of robots took on more than 3,000 steps up one of China's most famous peaks Monday, many carrying eggs and watermelons in a race organizers billed as a test of real-world machine endurance, state media showed.

— CBS News, CBS News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of peaks

Noun

The elasticity of the cloud isn’t available in an air-gapped on-premise environment; hence, the size needs to account for the peak loads.

— Karan Alang, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
PlusAI is a company working on autonomous trucking solutions with Nvidia, and the sand was in the trailers to simulate freight loads.

— Nick Indge, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of loads

Noun

In Alexandra township, where the road to the River Park Library voting station is filled with potholes, leaking sewage and piles of uncollected waste on the sidewalks, many still came out to cast their ballot.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Nov. 2026
Tech stocks have sagged as investors grow concerned over their ballooning debt piles at a time of rising interest rates.

— semafor.com, semafor.com, 4 Nov. 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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America was at an ugly and gut-churning crossroads, with some already crudely resisting whatever democratic gains had come because of stacks upon stacks of movement protests.

— Kevin Powell, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 Nov. 2026
While published literature on the math of literally looking for needles in actual stacks of hay are thin on the ground, the principles of such a search lie in an area of math called probabilities.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 7 Nov. 2026

Definition of stacks

Noun

Meanwhile, bedside control panels—available in nearly a dozen languages—operate lighting, curtains, TVs, and room service orders.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
The high court’s current term already features 33 cases, with the justices expected to take up roughly two to three dozen more cases for oral argument before the term concludes at the end of June.

— Jack Birle, The Washington Examiner, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of dozens

Noun

Like Rome, Istanbul was built on seven hills, six of which are visible from the hotel.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
The route passes through neighborhoods including NoDa and Plaza Midwood, offering lively pockets of support but also quieter stretches, awkward turns and hills that can feel particularly unforgiving late in the race.

— Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 5 Nov. 2026