A land mass that projects well above its surroundings; higher than a hill.

synonym: mount.

Roget 206: height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness etc. adj.; sublimity.    tallness etc. adj.; stature, procerity^†; prominence etc. 250.    colossus etc. (size) 192; giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard.    mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle^†, fell, knap^†; cape; headland, foreland^†; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights etc. (summit) 210; knob, loma^†, pena [U.S.], picacho^†, tump^†; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig^†, tor^†, peak, pike, clough^†; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height.    tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola; skyscraper.    pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff; top mast, topgallant mast.    ceiling etc. (covering) 223.    high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide.    altimetry etc. (angel) 244^†; batophobia^†.    satellite, spy-in-the-sky.    ... show more

Roget 319: gravity, gravitation; weight; heaviness etc. adj.; specific gravity; pondorosity^†, pressure, load; burden, burthen^†; ballast, counterpoise; lump of, mass of, weight of.    lead, millstone, mountain, Ossa on Pelion.    weighing, ponderation^†, trutination^†; weights; avoirdupois weight, troy weight, apothecaries' weight; grain, scruple, drachma^†, ounce, pound, lb, arroba^†, load, stone, hundredweight, cwt, ton, long ton, metric ton, quintal, carat, pennyweight, tod^†.    [metric weights] gram, centigram, milligram, microgram, kilogram; nanogram, picogram, femtogram, attogram.    [Weighing Instrument] balance, scale, scales, steelyard, beam, weighbridge^†; spring balance, piezoelectric balance, analytical balance, two-pan balance, one-pan balance; postal scale, baby scale.    [Science of gravity] statics.    ... show more

Dutch: berg
Polish: góra

often followed by `of' A large number or amount or extent.

synonyms: batch, deal, flock, good deal, great deal, hatful, heap, lot, mass, mess, mickle, mint, muckle, passel, peck, pile, plenty, pot, quite a little, raft, sight, slew, spate, stack, tidy sum, wad ... show more.

Roget 192: size, magnitude, dimension, bulk, volume; largeness etc. adj.; greatness etc. (of quantity) 31; expanse etc. (space) 180; amplitude, mass; proportions.    capacity, tonnage, tunnage; cordage; caliber, scantling.    turgidity etc. (expansion) 194; corpulence, obesity; plumpness etc. adj.; embonpoint, corporation, flesh and blood, lustihood.    hugeness etc. adj.; enormity, immensity, monstrosity.    giant, Brobdingnagian, Antaeus, Goliath, Gog and Magog, Gargantua, monster, mammoth, Cyclops; cachalot, whale, porpoise, behemoth, leviathan, elephant, hippopotamus; colossus; tun, cord, lump, bulk, block, loaf, mass, swad, clod, nugget, bushel, thumper, whooper, spanker, strapper; Triton among the minnows" [Coriolanus]. mountain, mound; heap etc. (assemblage) 72.    largest portion etc. 50; full size, life size.    ... show more

Dutch: bende, berg, boel, bom, bulk, bups, een groot aantal, hoop, kluit, kwak, lading, massa, pak, partij, schep, smak, stelletje, stoot, troep, veelheid, vracht, zooi, zwik ... show more
Polish: legion, zastęp, armia, tabun