Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun sierra
2 senses of sierra
Sense 1
sierra -- (a range of mountains (usually with jagged peaks and irregular outline))
INSTANCE OF=> range, mountain range, range of mountains, chain, mountain chain, chain of mountains -- (a series of hills or mountains; "the valley was between two ranges of hills"; "the plains lay just beyond the mountain range")
Sense 2
sierra, Scomberomorus sierra -- (a Spanish mackerel of western North America)
=> Spanish mackerel -- (any of several large marine food fishes of the genus Scomberomorus)