Synonyms for mountainous
ˈmaʊn tn əsmoun·tain·ous

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1. cragged, craggy, hilly, mountainousadjective

   having hills and crags

   "hilly terrain"

   Synonyms:
   craggy, hilly, cragged

   Antonyms:
   little, lowland, small, smooth

2. mountainousadjective

   like a mountain in size and impressiveness

   "mountainous waves"; "a mountainous dark man"

   Synonyms:
   craggy, hilly, cragged

   Antonyms:
   little, smooth, small, lowland

3. mountainousadjective

   containing many mountains

   Synonyms:
   craggy, hilly, cragged

   Antonyms:
   little, lowland, small, smooth

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1. List of paraphrases for "mountainous":

   mountain, hilly, montane, highland, mountains, upland

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1. Ben Cardin:

   It was not controversial that Pakistan needs to modernize its air force and its counter insurgency and counter-terrorism activities, particularly in the mountainous territory of the border with Afghanistan.

2. Defense Minister Panos Kammenos:

   Armed forces have been ordered to start patrols throughout Greece, and particularly in mountainous regions.

3. Adam Twidell:

   Flying into Saba is extraordinary, you approach the mountainous island towering out of the sea, to see an impossibly tiny runway appear perched on a cliff.

4. Baz Mohammad Sarwari:

   Unfortunately, our initial reports show that 22 people, including women and children, have been killed and four others injured, the Mujahideen have reached to some of the affected areas, but Badghis is a mountainous province, the number of casualties might go up.

5. Myles Caggins:

   The forces trekked through mountainous terrain and eliminated four hostile ISIS fighters who were barricaded in the caves, the recovery took approximately six hours.