mountainous

Examples

• All

• Niki comes from a mountainous area where people are strong drinkers.

  The Glory Brigade (1953)

• The western part of Sabah is generally mountainous and contains the three highest peaks in Malaysia.

  Academic text (2008)

• The mountainous area is difficult to cross for us.

  The Rising Hawk (2019)

• Time had passed, and they were flying over the mountainous northern corner of New Mexico.

  Fiction book (1999)

• This is a mountainous area, northeast of the national park.

  Bats (1999)

• "The terrain is largely mountainous, with areas of heavy jungle.

  Firewalker (1986)

• Water percolated through the island's mountainous interior and emerged here in a hundred places.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Well, in the mountainous areas, the night-time temperatures get down to well below 20 Celsius.

  Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (2012)

• Toraji is the Chinese bellflower, native to the mountainous regions of North Korea.

  Academic text (2008)

• They were native to these lands, very adept at living in these mountainous regions.

  Phoenix Forgotten (2017)

Synonyms

R

rugged

vsmountainous

31 3.7

Land with a rough, uneven surface covered in rocks

focuses on many hills and peaks rather than just surface roughness

H

hilly

vsmountainous

11 1.0

An area with many hills

includes that sense but adds higher, steeper peaks and rough crags

C

craggy

vsmountainous

9 5.7

Rough and uneven with many steep rocks or cliffs

is more general, meaning many peaks or very hilly land

A

alpine

vsmountainous

5 4.8

Relating to high mountains, especially the Alps

is about having many peaks or very hilly, not only high elevation

M

mountainy

vsmountainous

4.7

Land with many tall, steep hills and sharp peaks

is the standard adjectival form used for the same terrain

C

cragged

vsmountainous

7.8

Land or rock that has many steep, rough cliffs and sharp edges

is broader, covering many peaks or very hilly and craggy areas

M

montane

vsmountainous

• Specialized

9.1

Relating to mountains, especially the lower parts where trees grow

describes the landform itself, not the living things or climates there

Antonyms

F

flat

797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

P

plain

98 1.0

A large flat area of land with few trees

Compounds

M

mountainous terrain

3 4.2

Land with many high hills and steep slopes

How Mountainous

mountainous

24 3.4

hilly

11 1.0

flat

21 1.3

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology