mountainous
adjective
, ˈmau̇nt-nəs\
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Synonyms & Antonyms for mountainous
Synonyms
astronomical (also astronomic), Brobdingnagian, bumper, colossal, cosmic (also cosmical), cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, galactic, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, grand, herculean, heroic (also heroical), Himalayan, huge, humongous (also humungous), immense, jumbo, king-size (or king-sized), leviathan, mammoth, massive, mega, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, oceanic, pharaonic, planetary, prodigious, super, super-duper, supersize, supersized, titanic, tremendous, vast, vasty, walloping, whacking, whopping
Antonyms
bantam, bitty, diminutive, infinitesimal, Lilliputian, little bitty, micro, microminiature, microscopic (also microscopical), midget, miniature, minuscule, minute, pocket, pygmy, teensy, teensy-weensy, teeny, teeny-weeny, tiny, wee
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While with family members in the Selway-Bitterroot Wilderness, a mountainous region on the border of Montana and Idaho, Laga's brother's horse went lame. — Allen Kim, CNN, "A hiker lost for 5 days in the Montana wilderness says he survived off berries and bugs," 19 Aug. 2019 Because pandas are adapted to the high-altitude forests in the mountainous central regions of China, snow is their happy place. — Beth Py-lieberman, Smithsonian, "14 Fun Facts About Giant Pandas," 10 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'mountainous.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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mountainous
adjective
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