Skip to content

mountain

/ˈmaʊn.t(ə)n/noun2 syllables

Mountain means: (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent.

Synonyms for mountain42

noun, as in (often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent

batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel
and 12 more, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad

noun, as in a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

also used for mountain

barrow, berg, berry, pike, alp, beacon, ben, crest, eminence, fell, height, highland, hill, jebel, mont

Includes material from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What does mountain mean?2

noun

1

(often followed by ‘of’) a large number or amount or extent“a batch of letters”

2

a land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with mountain?1

two syllables

Show 39 near rhymes

Mountain in a sentence

  • After six hours' climbing, we finally succeeded in reaching the top of the mountain.CK
  • Seen against the sky, the mountain looked really beautiful.Zifre
  • The higher we climbed, the steeper became the mountain.unknown
  • It's invigorating to breathe the brisk, fresh mountain air.sundown
  • In the mountain area, snow has fallen more than fifty centimeters deep.CK
  • If it were not for the snow, we could climb the mountain.CK
  • Weather permitting, we are going to get to the top of mountain tomorrow.CM
  • Weather permitting, we are going to get to the top of the mountain tomorrow.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of mountain

as a noun

plural
mountains