HUMMOCK Synonyms: 54 Similar and Opposite Words

hummock

noun

Definition of hummock

as in mountain

a small hill The hummocks of grass dotting the landscape were easy to traverse.

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Recent Examples of hummock Scoresby scoured the tundra with his binoculars and spotted two musk oxen—hairy hummocks on the hill. — Ben Taub, New Yorker, 24 Nov. 2025 Craters pitted the earth; hummocks rose and fell; downed trees jutted from slash heaps like the spars of shipwrecks. — Ben Goldfarb, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Feb. 2024 There, in a tangle of roots, dead wood and grass on a hummock about the size of a pitcher's mound, coiled a 2-foot-long snake. — Paul A. Smith, Journal Sentinel, 14 Aug. 2022 Like a swarm of rattlesnakes trying to escape their den, the first rat launches itself off the hummock toward the safety of the Roseau cane, revealing five or six others beneath. — Gerry Bethge, Outdoor Life, 21 Apr. 2020 The SoHo townhouse is packed with hummocks of clothes and sundry stuff, much of it to be donated to charity. — Karen Heller, Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2019 Now the potholed muddy track meandering among the hummocks barely resembles a road. — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 4 Aug. 2019

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Noun

The bear was also recently featured in Southern Living — for a few months each fall, a local mountain casts a shadow shaped like a bear onto the fall foliage below.

— Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of mountain

Noun

But despite this, they were still conceived of as being located within the mounds themselves, real-world anchors for these strange, marvelous realms.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2026
Maybe Ohtani will accept surrendering the mound if he is handed a spot in the outfield?

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of mound

Noun

The two lanes closest to the cliff remain closed, with traffic routed on the remaining two lanes, with one lane in each direction.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
The building, known in German as the Kehlsteinhaus, is located on a cliff 1,834 meters (6,017 feet) above sea level.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of cliff

Noun

Here are the peak dates to glimpse these dazzling celestial events, according to the American Meteor Society.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 21 Oct. 2026
Turning on the heat a couple of hours before peak hours and turning it off after the higher rate kicks in can save you money.

— Dan Avery, CNBC, 21 Oct. 2026

Definition of peak

Noun

To get gravel for Circleville’s roads, workers dug into a nearby hillock.

— Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
The clamber up and over a few small hillocks is all part of the fun, as is a brave cold water dip, but the real magic can be found amongst the sand dunes.

— Rosie Conroy, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Mar. 2026

Definition of hillock

Noun

Temperatures begin a cooling trend on Friday, with Moderate HeatRisk in the foothill thermal belts and in Sacramento; Minor HeatRisk elsewhere.

— CA Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026
But in Southern California’s wealthy foothill enclaves, event promoters are regularly transforming these types of regal estates into weekend party houses filled with young people who are willing to pay to enter.

— Jazmin Alvarado, Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2026

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