Synonyms of mounting

mounting 1 of 2

noun

ˈmau̇n-tiŋ 

as in mount

a structure that holds up or serves as a foundation for something else

built a new mounting for the engine

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mount
• support
• shore
• reinforcement
• pillar
• brace
• prop
• spur
• stay
• foundation
• column
• bracket
• buttress
• underpinning
• arch
• truss
• pedestal
• crutch
• shoring
• cantilever
• stand
• frame
• peg
• bearing
• stake
• bolster
• pilaster
• girder
• strut
• post
• base
• stanchion
• stilt

mounting

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verb

present participle of mount

1

as in increasing

to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

medical expenses began to mount

Synonyms & Similar Words

• increasing
• rising
• accelerating
• swelling
• expanding
• climbing
• intensifying
• waxing
• escalating
• multiplying
• mushrooming
• accumulating
• ballooning
• snowballing
• burgeoning
• proliferating
• surging
• spreading
• enlarging
• booming
• rolling up
• gaining
• jumping
• heightening
• building up
• appreciating
• skyrocketing
• rocketing
• inflating
• distending
• peaking
• redoubling
• puffing (up)
• cresting
• bulking
• crescendoing
• blowing up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• decreasing
• diminishing
• contracting
• lessening
• waning
• receding
• dwindling

2

as in offering

to bring before the public in performance or exhibition

the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera

Synonyms & Similar Words

• offering
• presenting
• giving
• staging
• carrying
• performing
• displaying
• showing
• exhibiting
• exposing
• coming out with
• rendering
• enacting
• playing
• unveiling
• portraying
• showing off
• parading
• representing
• depicting
• acting
• extending
• previewing
• dramatizing
• tendering
• impersonating
• proffering

3

as in rising

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 & Similar Words

• rising
• climbing
• ascending
• soaring
• lifting
• upping
• thrusting
• arising
• uprising
• sloping
• tilting
• aspiring
• surging
• upturning
• towering
• uprearing
• upthrusting
• leaning
• elevating
• scaling
• inclining
• raising
• surmounting
• boosting
• ballooning
• uplifting
• topping
• zooming
• tipping
• cresting
• slanting
• taking off
• upheaving
• upraising
• reclining
• blasting off
• listing
• canting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• declining
• falling (off)
• descending
• dropping
• plunging
• dipping
• sliding
• sinking
• diving
• plummeting
• nose-diving

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mounting

Noun

This keyboard has a traditional Alice-style ergonomic layout with gasket mounting, a great typing sound, and smooth switches from the factory. — Henri Robbins, Wired News, 3 Mar. 2026

Diamonds and gemstones can fall out of the mountings, and metals can wear thin and break. — Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 13 Feb. 2026

Verb

The local survey, completed by 980 families, was conducted between December 2024 and March 2025, at a time when criticism over Israel’s handling of the war in Gaza was sharply mounting. — Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 13 July 2026

Neill’s performance beautifully tracks the arc of the film, as Trent’s vague sense of dread gives way to mounting paranoia and eventually madness, exacerbated by his growing inability to discern reality from fiction. — Britt Hayes, Entertainment Weekly, 13 July 2026