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mountain - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | mountain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very large hill |
| Synonyms: | abundance, alp, bank, bluff, cliff, dome, drift, elevation, eminence, glob, heap, height, hump, mass, mesa, mound, mount, palisade, peak, pike, pile, precipice, pyramid, range, ridge, shock, stack, butte, crag, sierra, ton, tor, volcano |
| Antonyms: | crevasse, valley |
| Main Entry: | giant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extremely large person |
| Synonyms: | behemoth, bulk, cetacean, colossus, elephant*, hulk, jumbo*, mammoth, monster*, mountain*, ogre, whale*, whopper*, Hercules, cyclops, goliath, leviathan, polypheme, titan |
| Antonyms: | dwarf, midget, runt |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | heap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pile, accumulation |
| Synonyms: | abundance, agglomeration, aggregation, assemblage, bank, batch, bulk, bunch, bundle, cargo, clump, cluster, collection, concentration, deposit, fullness, gathering, harvest, haul, hill, hoard, jumble, load, lot, lots, lump, mass, mint, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, plenty, pot, profusion, quantity, stack, stock, stockpile, store, sum, thousand, total, volume, whole, a lot, amassment, congeries, gobs, great deal, million, scad, ton, trillion |
| Antonyms: | bit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hurdle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | barrier, obstacle |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, blockade, complication, difficulty, fence, hamper, handicap, hedge, hindrance, impediment, interference, mountain, obstruction, rub, snag, stumbling block, traverse, wall |
| Notes: | hurdle refers to a difficulty or obstacle; hurtle means to move with great speed or violence |
| Antonyms: | opening, clear path |
| Main Entry: | lump |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | clump, mass |
| Synonyms: | agglomeration, ball, bit, block, bulge, bulk, bump, bunch, cake, chip, chunk, cluster, crumb, dab, group, growth, handful, hunk, knot, lot, morsel, mountain, much, nugget, part, peck, piece, pile, portion, protrusion, protuberance, scrap, section, solid, spot, swelling, tumor, wad, wedge, gob, knurl, tumescence |
| Main Entry: | mound |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap, hill |
| Synonyms: | bank, drift, dune, embankment, hillock, knoll, mass, mountain, pile, rise, shock, stack, anthill, molehill, tumulus |
| Antonyms: | depression, ditch, valley |
| Main Entry: | much |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a great deal |
| Synonyms: | abundance, barrel, breadth, completeness, copiousness, excess, exuberance, fullness, lots*, lump, mass, mess*, mountain, oodles*, pack, peck, pile, plenty, plethora, profuseness, riches, scads*, sufficiency, superabundance, superfluity, volume, wealth, a lot, all kinds of, amplitude, appreciable amount, gobs, great quantity, heaps, loads, multiplicity, overage, oversupply, plentifulness, thousands, tons, very much |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | myriad |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a lot |
| Synonyms: | army, flood, heap, horde, host, mint, mountain*, multitude, oodles*, swarm, loads, scores, slew, stacks, thousands |
| Antonyms: | little |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obstacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impediment, barrier |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, bar, block, booby trap*, bump*, catch, check, clog*, crimp*, difficulty, encumbrance, hamper, handicap, hang-up*, hardship, hindrance, hitch*, hurdle, interference, interruption, joker*, monkey wrench*, mountain, obstruction, restriction, rub*, snag, stumbling block*, traverse, vicissitude, disincentive |
| Antonyms: | advantage, assistance, blessing, clearance, help |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | obstruction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | obstacle, impediment |
| Synonyms: | bar, barricade, barrier, block, booby trap*, check, checkmate*, difficulty, gridlock*, hamper, hindrance, hurdle, interference, jam*, lock, monkey wrench*, mountain*, restraint, roadblock*, snag, stop, stoppage, stumbling block*, trammel, trouble, wall, blockage, blocking, circumvention |
| Antonyms: | aid, assistance, boost, help, promotion, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outdoor |
| Part of Speech: | adjective, adverb |
| Definition: | in the open air |
| Synonyms: | casual, free, garden, healthful, informal, invigorating, mountain, natural, outside, patio, picnic, rustic, unrestricted, woods, yard, alfresco, hilltop, in the open, nature-loving, out of the house, out-of-doors |
| Antonyms: | indoor |
| Main Entry: | outdoors |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | open air; nature |
| Synonyms: | country, countryside, environment, garden, hill, mountain, open, patio, without, woods, yard, bucolic surroundings, fresh air, green earth, out-of-doors |
| Antonyms: | indoors |
| Main Entry: | stack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pile |
| Synonyms: | assemblage, bank, bundle, cock, drift, heap, hill, hoard, load, mass, mound, mountain, pack, pyramid, sheaf |
| Main Entry: | drift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accumulation |
| Synonyms: | bank, batch, bunch, bundle, clump, cluster, deposit, heap, hill, lot, mass, mound, mountain, parcel, pile, set, shock, stack, alluvion |
| Main Entry: | elevation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | height; high ground |
| Synonyms: | acclivity, altitude, ascent, boost, eminence, heave, hill, hillock, hoist, mountain, platform, ridge, rise, roof, top, uplift, levitation, upthrow |
| Antonyms: | depression, lowness |
| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | altitude, top part |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, stature, summit, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith, loftiness, solstice, tallness |
| Antonyms: | bottom, depth, lowness |
| Main Entry: | landmark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | historical or notable sight |
| Synonyms: | benchmark, bend, blaze, feature, fragment, guide, hill, mark, marker, memorial, milestone, monument, mountain, museum, promontory, remnant, ruins, souvenir, specimen, stone, survival, trace, tree, vantage point, vestige, battleground, milepost, waypost |
| Main Entry: | mass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | body of matter; considerable portion |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregate, assemblage, band, batch, block, bulk, bunch, chunk, clot, coagulation, collection, combination, concretion, conglomeration, core, corpus, crowd, entirety, gob, great deal, greater part, group, heap, horde, host, hunk, knot, lion's share, load, lot, lump, majority, mob, mound, mountain, much, number, object, peck, piece, pile, plurality, preponderance, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, staple, stockpile, sum, sum total, throng, totality, troop, volume, wad, whole |
| Main Entry: | peak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top of something |
| Synonyms: | alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex, aiguille |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | pile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heap, collection |
| Synonyms: | accumulation, aggregate, aggregation, assemblage, assortment, bank, barrel, buildup, chunk, conglomeration, drift, hill, hoard, hunk, jumble, lump, mass, mound, mountain, much, ocean, oodles*, pack, peck, pyramid, quantity, shock, stack, stockpile, amassment, gob, great deal |
| Antonyms: | ditch, hole |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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