mountain synonyms

mountain

modif.

towering, weighty, steep, isolated, lofty, elevated, plateau, broken, ski-country, snow-capped, above the timber line, above the snow line; see also mountainous.

Antonyms level*, flat*, hollow.

mountain

n.

  1. A lofty land mass

    mount, elevation, peak, sierra, butte, hill, alp, range, ridge, pike, bluff, headland, land mass, knap, steeps, palisade, volcano, crater, lava cap, lava plug, tableland, mesa, plateau, height, crag, tor, precipice, cliff, massif, earth mass.

    Antonyms valley*, ravine*, flatland. *

    Famous chains of mountains include: Alps, Himalayas, Caucasus, Urals, Pyrenees, Ruwenzori, Andes, Rockies, Canadian Rockies, Appalachians, Great Smoky, Blue Ridge, Ozarks, Cascades, Adirondacks, White Mountains, Sierra Nevada, Sierra Madre, Tetons, Cordillera, Apennine, Sentinel Range, Grampian Mountains.

  2. Famous mountain peaks include: Mont Blanc, Mt. Etna, Vesuvius, the Matterhorn, Olympus, Pike's Peak, Mt. Whitney, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Washington, Mt. Mitchell, Mt. Rushmore, Mt. Saint Helens, Mt. Rainier, the Jungfrau, Wetterhorn, Dent du Midi, the Grand Teton, Mt. McKinley, Mt. St. Elias, Mt. Logan, Mt. Robson, Krakatoa, Pelee, Citlaltepetl, Cotopaxi, Chimborazo, Popocatepetl, Iztaccihuatl, Mt. Cook, Mt. Everest, Annapurna, Mt. Dhaulagiri, Nanga Parbat, Lhotse, Nupseg, K2, Godwin Austen, Mt. Ushba, Mount of Olives, Mt. Sinai, Fujiyama, Mt. Kenya, Mt. Kilimanjaro.

  3. A pile

    mass, mound, glob*; see heap.

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