mountainous

Meaning

1. Having many mountains; characterized by mountains; of the nature of a mountain; rough (terrain); rocky.
2. Resembling a mountain, especially in size; huge; towering.
3. Very difficult.
4. (obsolete) Inhabiting mountains; hence, barbarous.

Concepts

mountainous

hilly

alpine

huge

highland

mountain

cragged

craggy

mountainlike

belonging to a mountain

montane

tremendous

enormous

Brobdingnagian

colossal

giant

gigantic

elevated

clifty

montuous

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈmaʊn.tɪn.əs/

Etymology

From mountain + -ous after Middle French montagneux, from Late Latin montāniōsus, from montānia, from Latin montem (“mountain”).