Mountainous
11mountainous — highland highland adj. of, located in, or characteristic of high or hilly country. Contrasted to {lowland}. [prenominal] [Narrower terms: {alpestrine, subalpine ; {alpine}; {mountain(prenominal) ; {mountainous ] Syn: upland. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …
12mountainous — adj. Mountainous is used with these nouns: ↑area, ↑country, ↑countryside, ↑region, ↑sea, ↑terrain, ↑wave …
13mountainous — moun|tain|ous [ mauntnəs ] adjective 1. ) covered with mountains: a mountainous region 2. ) MAINLY LITERARY very large or difficult …
14mountainous — UK [ˈmaʊntɪnəs] / US [ˈmaʊnt(ə)nəs] adjective 1) covered with mountains a mountainous region 2) mainly literary very large or difficult …
15mountainous — /ˈmaʊntənəs / (say mowntuhnuhs) adjective 1. characterised by many mountains. 2. of the nature of a mountain. 3. resembling a mountain or mountains; large and high; huge: mountainous waves. –mountainously, adverb …
17mountainous — adjective Date: 14th century 1. containing many mountains 2. resembling a mountain ; huge • mountainously adverb • mountainousness noun …
18mountainous — adjective a) having many mountains; rough (terrain); rocky b) resembling a mountain, especially in size …
19mountainous — Synonyms and related words: Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, abysmal, alpen, alpestrine, alpigene, alpine, amplitudinous, astronomic, astronomical, awesome, boundless, bulky, colossal, cosmic, craggy,… …
20mountainous — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. hilly, craggy, peaked; towering, sheer, lofty, precipitous; rugged, massive; Alpine, cordilleran. See height. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. mountainlike, mountain, with mountains, difficult, barbarous …
