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Defenition of the word high

    • Defenition of the word high

      • Being elevated in position or status, a state of being above many things.
      • Tall, lofty, at a great distance above the ground.
      • Who is under the influence of a mood affecting drug.
      • (Of a quantity or value) That is above the average, or above what is considered as normal.
      • marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"; "high winds"
      • standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community"
      • incoming; "flood tide"; "high tide"
      • used of the smell of game beginning to taint
      • very favorable; "he has a high opinion of himself"
      • (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension; "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"; sometimes used in combination; "knee-high grass"
      • greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "high winds"; "the river is high"
      • advanced into the most active period; "went to Europe in high season"
      • a lofty level or position or degree: "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
      • a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on"
      • far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"
      • in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have gone up far too high"
      • a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside" or "he doesn't like heights"
      • used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
      • an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
      • at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder"
      • excited as if by alcohol or drugs
      • slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug especially marijuana
      • in a rich manner; "he lives high"
      • a forward gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
      • a state of sustained elation; "his high spirits told us he must have won"; "I'm on a permanent high these days"
      • of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate; "secondary school"; "high school"
      • a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
      • a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
      • a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
      • a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"; "he doesn''t like heights"
      • a state of sustained elation; "I''m on a permanent high these days"
      • happy and excited and energetic
      • slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
      • (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high''); "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"
      • greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"
      • a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
      • a lofty level or position or degree
      • a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
      • a high place
      • a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
      • a state of sustained elation
      • an air mass of higher than normal pressure
      • (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
      • (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
      • greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
      • standing above others in quality or position
      • at a great altitude
      • far up toward the source
      • in or to a high position, amount, or degree
      • in a rich manner

    Synonyms for the word high

      • above what is usual
      • anticyclone
      • area of high pressure
      • astronomical
      • big
      • climax
      • distinguished
      • elevated
      • eminent
      • exalted
      • excessive
      • extraordinary
      • extreme
      • far above the ground
      • flood
      • from head to foot
      • from top to bottom
      • from top to toe
      • gamey
      • gamy
      • great
      • heights
      • high gear
      • high point
      • high pressure
      • high ranking
      • high school
      • high spirits
      • high spot
      • high up
      • high-level
      • high-pitched
      • highschool
      • important
      • in height
      • in high spirits
      • large
      • lofty
      • luxuriously
      • mellow
      • peak
      • penetrating
      • piercing
      • prohibitive
      • prominent
      • richly
      • secondary
      • senior high
      • senior high school
      • sharp
      • shrill
      • sky-scraping
      • soaring
      • soprano
      • summit
      • superior
      • tall
      • towering

    Similar words in the high

      • adenoidal
      • advanced
      • advancing
      • altissimo
      • altitudinous
      • alto
      • broad
      • broad(a)
      • climactic
      • climactical
      • commanding
      • countertenor
      • dominating
      • drunk
      • elated
      • eminent
      • exalted
      • falsetto
      • favorable
      • favourable
      • flooding
      • full
      • full(a)
      • graduate
      • graduate(a)
      • great
      • heavy
      • high
      • high-level
      • high-stepped
      • high-stepping
      • high-top
      • high-topped
      • highball
      • highball's
      • highballs
      • highborn
      • highboy
      • highboy's
      • highboys
      • highbrow
      • highbrow's
      • highbrows
      • highchair
      • highchair's
      • highchairs
      • higher
      • higher(a)
      • highest
      • highfalutin
      • highland
      • highland's
      • highlander
      • highlander's
      • highlanders
      • highlands
      • highly
      • highness
      • highness's
      • highs
      • hightail
      • hightailed
      • hightailing
      • hightails
      • highwayman
      • highwayman's
      • highwaymen
      • in flood
      • in flood(p)
      • inebriated
      • intoxicated
      • last
      • lofty
      • malodorous
      • malodourous
      • nasal
      • overflowing
      • overlooking
      • peak
      • peaky
      • piercing
      • pinched
      • piping
      • postgraduate
      • rising
      • screaky
      • screechy
      • sharp
      • shrill
      • shrilling
      • shrilling(a)
      • soaring
      • sopranino
      • soprano
      • spiky
      • squeaking
      • squeaky
      • squealing
      • steep
      • superior
      • swollen
      • tall
      • tenor
      • top
      • towering
      • treble
      • up
      • upper
      • utmost

    Meronymys for the word high

      • anticyclone
      • auto
      • automobile
      • car
      • machine
      • motorcar

    Hyponyms for the word high

      • overdrive

    Hypernyms for the word high

      • air mass
      • degree
      • elation
      • gear
      • gear mechanism
      • grade
      • Gymnasium
      • level
      • lycee
      • lyceum
      • middle school
      • place
      • secondary school
      • spot
      • surname
      • topographic point

    Antonyms for the word high

      • ebb
      • elementary
      • intermediate
      • low
      • low spirits
      • low-pitched
      • middle

    Idioms for the word high

      • high treason

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