Thesaurus:mountain

Thesaurus

mountain

English

Noun

Sense: mountain; a large mass of earth and rock

Synonyms

• alp
• beacon
• ben
• berg (South Africa)
• crest
• eminence
• fell (British English)
• height
• highland
• hill
• jebel
• mont
• mound
• mount
• pike
• pinnacle
• prominence
• reek    [⇒ thesaurus]
• ridge
• rock
• spur
• tor

Hypernyms

• landform    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• butte
• cinder cone
• inselberg
• mesa
• monadnock
• table mountain
• tepui
• volcano

Meronyms

• crag
• crater
• peak
• slope    [⇒ thesaurus]
• spur
• summit    [⇒ thesaurus]

Holonyms

• mountain range    [⇒ thesaurus]

Instances

20 highest mountains

• Mount Everest
• Sagarmatha
• Chomolungma
• K2
• Kangchenjunga
• Lhotse
• Makalu
• Cho Oyu
• Dhaulagiri
• Manaslu
• Nanga Parbat
• Annapurna
• Gasherbrum
• Hidden Peak
• K5
• Broad Peak
• K4
• Shishapangma
• Gosainthan
• Gyachung Kang
• K3a
• K3
• Himalchuli
• Distaghil Sar
• Ngadi Chuli

Highest per continent

• Aconcagua
• Denali
• Elbrus
• Everest
• Kilimanjaro
• Kosciuszko
• Mauna Kea
• Mont Blanc
• Mount Wilhelm
• Puncak Jaya
• Vinson

See also

• Thesaurus:mountain range
• Thesaurus:mountaineer
• Thesaurus:mountainous
• cliff
• horn
• Category:en:Mountains

Further reading

• “mountain” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “mountain” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.
• "mountain" in WordNet 3.1, Princeton University, 2011.
• List of highest mountains on Earth on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Seven Summits on Wikipedia.Wikipedia