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 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 This will be especially true in the foothills of the Central Valley and up into the mountains, where showers will be more widespread throughout Saturday as cool marine air collides with the Sierra and turns to rain. — Sean MacAday, Sacbee.com, 30 Oct. 2026 The possibilities range from astoundingly good omakase in Salt Lake City to heliskiing in Colorado's San Juan mountains. — Kat Chen, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Oct. 2026 Spanning 290 miles between Bergen and Oslo in Norway, the railway, built in 1909, travels through 182 tunnels and provides breathtaking views ranging from calm Fjords in the mountains to snowy vistas in Finse. — Rachel Labonte, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Oct. 2026 The ceremony took place outdoors, framed by the villa’s stone pillars and the mountains beyond, and the couple kept the floral palette intentionally organic, creating the effect of a garden growing around the aisle. — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026 Visitors will learn about multiple species of bats that flap about our mountains. — Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 29 Oct. 2026 Here was a small civilization, an oasis in the inhospitable desert, surrounded on all sides by mountains. — Gaby Del Valle, The Verge, 29 Oct. 2026 In Old San Juan, Zeno took a liking to the mountains and sea all around her. — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 29 Oct. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountains

Noun

Storing heat between peaks Unlike solar and wind installations, conventional nuclear power plants are generally designed to produce electricity continuously.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 28 Oct. 2026
The area of Ice Mountain and other nearby peaks were heavily searched by aircraft, including multiple drones and helicopters, as well as aircraft with infrared technology.

— Jennifer McRae, CBS News, 28 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

When Anthropic goes public, the stock its seven cofounders hold stands to be worth up to $200 billion between them, carved up into seven nearly identical piles.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 26 Oct. 2026
The birthday cakes appear pulled out of manila envelopes along with piles of pictures, as if being entered into evidence at a trial.

— Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 25 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

Noun

The effect is something like an off-season approximation of a sidewalk, and, your winter climate permitting, sidewalk chalk (tons of it, for $18) is another good option.

— Molly Fischer, New Yorker, 2 Nov. 2026
The natural gas storage well failed and uncontrollably released nearly 100,000 tons of methane and other substances into the atmosphere for more than 100 days.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Nov. 2026

Definition of tons

Noun

This week, stacks of sandbags were piled onto Newport Beach’s miles-long network of seawalls around Balboa Island and the Balboa Peninsula, an effort to give the historic walls just a bit more height against the rising tide.

— Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
The experts in Oviedo had stacks of papers proving that parts of the process worked.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of stacks

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One night before his 29th birthday, Thompson scored twice in 15 seconds in the second period, skating around the Ducks’ inert defense for a breakaway third goal that sent a dozen hats flying onto the Honda Center ice.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 30 Oct. 2026
With more than a dozen flights landing Salvadoran military personnel and equipment so far, the unusual deployment has thrust Bukele into a direct confrontation with Haiti’s powerful gangs.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Definition of dozens

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Article continues below this ad The scenic overlook, which rises above Lake Austin, attracts visitors looking for views of the lake, surrounding hills and downtown skyline.

— Data Reporter, Austin American Statesman, 29 Oct. 2026
The rooms are named for the countryside in a place with similarly lush rolling hills but just across the pond.

— Heather Bien, Southern Living, 28 Oct. 2026