Synonyms for mound
maʊndmound

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1. moundnoun

   Synonyms:
   globus cruciger, globe, orb

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1. mound, hill, pitcher's moundnoun

   (baseball) the slight elevation on which the pitcher stands

   Synonyms:
   hillock, heap, hill, cumulation, agglomerate, pile, pitcher's mound, pitcher, cumulus, hammock, knoll, hummock

2. knoll, mound, hillock, hummock, hammocknoun

   a small natural hill

   Synonyms:
   hillock, hammock, heap, hill, sack, cumulation, agglomerate, pile, pitcher's mound, pitcher, cumulus, knoll, hummock

3. pile, heap, mound, agglomerate, cumulation, cumulusnoun

   a collection of objects laid on top of each other

   Synonyms:
   tidy sum, peck, mint, nap, plenty, lot, spile, pitcher's mound, batch, raft, cumulus cloud, quite a little, passel, atomic reactor, hill, spate, muckle, big money, mass, bundle, pile, good deal, stack, mountain, galvanic pile, jalopy, atomic pile, deal, piling, stilt, hammock, big bucks, hummock, chain reactor, megabucks, wad, flock, hatful, mickle, slew, heap, down, great deal, mess, sight, voltaic pile, cumulus, hillock, knoll, bus, cumulation, pitcher, pot, agglomerate

4. mound, hillnoun

   structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones

   "they built small mounds to hide behind"

   Synonyms:
   hillock, heap, hill, cumulation, agglomerate, pile, pitcher's mound, pitcher, cumulus, hammock, knoll, hummock

5. pitcher, moundverb

   the position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit

   "he has played every position except pitcher"; "they have a southpaw on the mound"

   Synonyms:
   pile, ewer, hummock, knoll, hill, hammock, heap, cumulus, pitcherful, hillock, agglomerate, pitcher, cumulation, twirler, hurler, pitcher's mound

6. moundverb

   form into a rounded elevation

   "mound earth"

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1. • Baseball
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1. moundnoun

   Synonyms:
   hillock, heap

2. moundnoun

   Synonyms:
   rampart, bulwark, defence

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "mound":

   pitcher, termite, barrow, tee

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1. Kwang Hyun Kim:

   Before the game, my mindset was being aggressive, attacking the zone, that was before I was on the mound. But after I was on the mound, I gave up a walk and it just didn't happen the way I wanted to. I wanted to pitch five innings. ... I know I have to be better next time as an inning-eater.

2. Ashima:

   Water batter ground, I chatter around, no jitter sound, but litter mound!

3. Rhett Taylor:

   This is the Keller league, not the Flower Mound league. In my mind, they’ve dominated our league, my team got one first down all game. And my team is good.

4. Charlie Montoyo:

   We have a chance when he takes the mound, it’s funny because he wasn’t really sharp today, but he did the job.

5. Lance Lynn:

   If a position player is on the mound, there are no rules. Let The Twins get the damn game over with. And if you have a problem with whatever happened, then put a pitcher out there.