mountainous
moun·tain·ous (mo̵unt′'n əs)
adjective
- having or full of mountains
- having the nature of or like a mountain; esp., very large
mountainous
modif.
Antonyms
Preposition: of
- island: DAYS 7-10 South Georgia We arrive in South Georgia, the most mountainous of the many islands in the Southern Ocean.
Preposition: with
- plain: Clwyd is mostly mountainous with a coastal plain facing the Irish Sea in the north.
Modifies a noun
- terrain: However due to their mountainous terrain, they cannot compete on price with the larger, flatter growing areas in Latin America.
- region: Water powered turbines are used in some mountainous regions where farms have a supply from a body of water much higher than itself.
- hinterland: We continue our journey through the interesting and often mountainous hinterland of Tanzania.
- backdrop: True links courses hug the sea shore while the mountainous backdrops provide lush parkland courses.
- skyline: Views of sea to east and south east from high ground and to mountainous skyline of Slieve Croob to south west.
- interior: Resorts & Excursions Central Madeira Parts of the mountainous interior can be reached by road.
Modifying Another Word
- largely: West Virginia is a largely mountainous state, cut by river valleys.
- mainly: The islands are therefore mainly mountainous creating narrow coastal plains and forested interior valleys and fertile plains.
- very: The raft took us through a very mountainous region, which also had a number of canyons.
- often: You will now only find Golden Eagles in very remote, often mountainous areas.
- so: The journey sometimes takes weeks because the country is so mountainous and there are few roads.
- not: It is the only county in Wales which is not mountainous.
Used with adjective complement
- become: All this time the scenery was becoming more mountainous.
Pam, I adore you, Pam, you great mountainous sports girl, Whizzing them over the net, full of the strength of five: That old Malvernian brother, you zephyr and khaki shorts girl, Although he's playing for Woking, Betjeman Can't stand up to your wonderful backhand drive.
Browse dictionary entries near mountainous
- mountaineer
- Mountain View
- Mountain Time
- Mountain State
- Mountain Standard Time
- mountain sickness
- mountain sheep
- mountain range
- mountain mahogany
- mountain lion
- mountainside
- mountaintop
- Mountbatten
- mountebank
- mounted
- Mountie
- mounting
- mourn
- mourner
- mourners' bench
