What does mountainous mean?

mountainous means "having hills and crags". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in mountainous?

mountainous has 3 syllables: moun-tai-nous. The stress falls on "moun". In IPA it is /ˈmaʊntənəs/.

What is another word for mountainous?

Close synonyms include cragged, craggy, hilly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is mountainous a common word?

mountainous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

mountainous — meaning, pronunciation and 3 definitions

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having hills and crags
“hilly terrain”
Synonymscragged craggy hilly
Similarrough
2.
like a mountain in size and impressiveness
“mountainous waves”
“a mountainous dark man”
Similarlarge
3.
containing many mountains
Similarupland

Questions about mountainous

What does mountainous mean?: mountainous means "having hills and crags". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in mountainous?: mountainous has 3 syllables: moun-tai-nous. The stress falls on "moun". In IPA it is /ˈmaʊntənəs/.
What is another word for mountainous?: Close synonyms include cragged, craggy, hilly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is mountainous a common word?: mountainous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for mountainous come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

3 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
having hills and crags
“hilly terrain”
Synonymscragged craggy hilly
Similarrough
2.
like a mountain in size and impressiveness
“mountainous waves”
“a mountainous dark man”
Similarlarge
3.
containing many mountains
Similarupland

Questions about mountainous

What does mountainous mean?: mountainous means "having hills and crags". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in mountainous?: mountainous has 3 syllables: moun-tai-nous. The stress falls on "moun". In IPA it is /ˈmaʊntənəs/.
What is another word for mountainous?: Close synonyms include cragged, craggy, hilly. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is mountainous a common word?: mountainous is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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