MOUNTAIN Synonyms

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• a steep rugged rock or cliff

• the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the center of a cambered road

• (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

• a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

• lie at the top of

• reach a high point

• the event of something being raised upward

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• angular distance above the horizon (especially of a celestial object)

• a raised or elevated geological formation

• distance of something above a reference point (such as sea level)

• (ballet) the height of a dancer's leap or jump

• drawing of an exterior of a structure

• the act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of something

• high status importance owing to marked superiority

• a protuberance on a bone especially for attachment of a muscle or ligament

• a long steep slope or cliff at the edge of a plateau or ridge; usually formed by erosion

• a steep artificial slope in front of a fortification

• the dressed skin of an animal (especially a large animal)

• seam made by turning under or folding together and stitching the seamed materials to avoid rough edges

• the act of felling something (as a tree)

• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

• cause to fall by or as if by delivering a blow

• pass away rapidly

• sew a seam by folding the edges

• used of high or hilly country

• elevated (e.g., mountainous) land

• a local and well-defined elevation of the land

• United States railroad tycoon (1838-1916)

• structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

• risque English comedian (1925-1992)

• (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

• form into a hill

• the side or slope of a hill

• strike sharply

• break a small piece off from

• a small natural hill

• a small hill rising up from the African veld

• a block of the earth's crust bounded by faults and shifted to form peaks of a mountain range

• a city in Arizona just to the east of Phoenix; originally a suburb of Phoenix

• flat tableland with steep edges

• (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

• a small natural hill

• a collection of objects laid on top of each other

• structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

• the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

• form into a rounded elevation

• the most extreme possible amount or value

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a V shape

• the highest point (of something)

• a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• highly valued northern freshwater fish with lean flesh

• a sharp point (as on the end of a spear)

• medieval weapon consisting of a spearhead attached to a long pole or pikestaff; superseded by the bayonet

• any of several elongate long-snouted freshwater game and food fishes widely distributed in cooler parts of the Northern Hemisphere

• a natural elevation (especially a rocky one that juts out into the sea)