molehills
Burrower's soil piles
Molehills are small mounds of earth pushed up by burrowing moles.
The word appears most often in the expression make a mountain out of a molehill—to treat a minor problem as though it were a major crisis.
On its own, molehills suggests trivial matters: These are molehills, not real obstacles.
Insect colony mounds
- hillocksSmall earthen elevations
- knollsSmall rounded elevations
- hummocksLow rounded earth mounds
- burrowsAnimal-dug underground shelters
heaps · piles · tussocks · ridges · tunnels · earthworks · digging · excavation
Ancient burial mounds
- barrowsGrave mounds or handcarts
- drumlinsStreamlined glacial landforms
- eskersSubglacial stream deposits
- morainesGlacial sediment accumulations
dunes · tells · cairns · topography · terrain · elevation · contours · geology
Tall elevated landmasses
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- overreactionDisproportionate emotional response
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
- fussAgitated, unnecessary concern
hyperbole · melodrama · tempest · teacup · trivial · minor · insignificant · petty
anthills
Insect colony mounds
burrows · heaps · piles · tussocks · ridges · tunnels · earthworks · digging · excavation · soil
tumuli
Ancient burial mounds
- barrowsGrave mounds or handcarts
- drumlinsStreamlined glacial landforms
- eskersSubglacial stream deposits
moraines · dunes · tells · cairns · topography · terrain · elevation · contours · geology · hummocks
mountains
Tall elevated landmasses
- exaggerationOverstating beyond reality
- overreactionDisproportionate emotional response
- dramaTheatrical art or turmoil
fuss · hyperbole · melodrama · tempest · teacup · trivial · minor · insignificant · petty · trifling
- nonproblemsnonissues, trifles, trivia, false alarms, small stuff
- trivialitiestrivia, trifles, minutiae, small potatoes, peanuts
molehillsmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
peaks · summits · massifs · mountain ranges · ranges
molehillsmountains
Tall elevated landmasses
crises · catastrophes · calamities · disasters · emergencies
- making a mountain out of a molehillExaggerating minor issues dramatically
- made a mountain out of a molehillExaggerated minor issue's importance
- make a mountain out of a molehillExaggerate trivial problems drastically