mount | Definition of mount

mount

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of mount

1 to become greater in extent, volume, amount, or number

medical expenses began to mount

Synonyms of mount

accelerate, accumulate, appreciate, balloon, boom, build up, burgeon (also bourgeon), climb, enlarge, escalate, expand, gain, increase, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, roll up, snowball, spread, swell, wax

Words Related to mount

jump, rocket, skyrocket, surge

heighten, intensify, redouble

blow up, bulk, distend, inflate, puff (up)

crescendo, crest, peak

Antonyms of mount

contract, decrease, diminish, dwindle, lessen, recede, wane

2 to bring before the public in performance or exhibition

the huge amount of money needed to mount an opera

Synonyms of mount

carry, give, offer, present, stage

Words Related to mount

display, exhibit, expose, parade, show, show off, unveil

act, impersonate, perform, play, portray

depict, dramatize, enact, render, represent

extend, proffer, tender

Phrases Synonymous with mount

3 to move or extend upward

the cable car continues to mount to ever higher terrain until the moment when the entire valley comes into view

Synonyms of mount

arise, ascend, aspire, climb, lift, rise, soar, thrust, up, uprear, uprise, upthrust, upturn

Words Related to mount

boost, elevate, raise, upheave, uplift, upraise

balloon, blast off, take off, zoom

crest, scale, surmount, top

cant, incline, lean, list, recline, slant, slope, tilt, tip

Near Antonyms of mount

dive, nose-dive, plummet, sink, slide

Antonyms of mount

decline, descend, dip, drop, fall (off), plunge