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mount

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mount

an elevation of land higher than a hill
  • Mount Everest
Synonyms of mount

alp, hump, mountain, peak
Words Related to mount

cordillera, mountain range, range, sierra

inselberg, knob, seamount

aiguille, horn, mountaintop, pinnacle, summit
Near Antonyms of mount

basin, bowl, depression, hollow, vale, valley
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mount

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of mount

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else
  • hammered together a mount for the cameras
Synonyms of mount

brace, buttress, mounting, prop, reinforcement, shore, spur, stay, support, underpinning
Words Related to mount

shoring

column, pedestal, pilaster, pillar

arch, bolster, bracket, cantilever, girder

bearing

crutch, peg, post, stake, stanchion, stand, stilt, strut, truss

base, foundation, frame

mount

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mount

1 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number
  • medical expenses began to mount
Synonyms of mount

accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax
Words Related to mount

jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge

heighten, intensify, redouble

blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)

crescendo, crest, peak
Antonyms of mount

contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane
2 to bring before the public in performance or exhibition
  • the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera
Synonyms of mount

carry, give, offer, present, stage
Words Related to mount

display, exhibit, expose, parade, show, show off, unveil

preview

act, impersonate, perform, play, portray

depict, dramatize, enact, render, represent

extend, proffer, tender
Phrases Synonymous with mount

come out with
3 to move or extend upward
  • the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view
Synonyms of mount

arise, ascend, aspire, climb, lift, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn
Words Related to mount

surge, tower

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip
Near Antonyms of mount

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide
Antonyms of mount

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge

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