high
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(r) at a great altitude
- he climbed high on the ladder
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(a) 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
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(a) (literal meaning) 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
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(r) in or to a high position, amount, or degree
- prices have gone up far too high
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(s) standing above others in quality or position
- people in high places
- the high priest
- eminent members of the community
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(r) in a rich manner
- he lives high
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(r) far up toward the source
- he lives high up the river
- (a) used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency high-pitched,
- (s) happy and excited and energetic in high spirits,
- (s) (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted gamey, gamy,
- (s) slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) mellow,
Nouns
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(n) a lofty level or position or degree
- summer temperatures reached an all-time high
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(n) an air mass of higher than normal pressure
- the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
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(n) a state of sustained elation
- I'm on a permanent high these days
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(n) a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
- they took drugs to get a high on
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(n) a high place
- they stood on high and observed the countryside
- he doesn't like heights
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(n) a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
- he goes to the neighborhood highschool
- (n) a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed high gear,
Synonyms
high up eminent luxuriously richly high-pitched in high spirits heights gamey gamy highschool high school senior high senior high school high gear mellowAntonyms
low low spirits low-pitchedSee also
superior tall top upWords of close approximity
high altar
high-altitude
high and low
high-and-mighty
high-angle fire
high-angle gun
High Anglican Church
High Anglicanism
high-backed
highball
highball glass
high bar
high beam
highbinder
high blood pressure
highboard
highborn
highboy
high brass
highbrow
highbrowed
high-bush blueberry
highbush cranberry
high-ceilinged
highchair
High Church
high-class
high colonic
high comedy
high command
High Commission
high commissioner
high country
high court
high-crowned
High Dam
high-definition television
high-density lipoprotein
high dudgeon
high-energy
high energy physics
high-energy physics
higher
higher cognitive process
higher criticism
higher education
higher law
Higher National Diploma
higher rank
higher-ranking
higher status
higher up
higher-up
highest common factor
high explosive
highfalutin
highfaluting
high fashion
high fidelity
high-fidelity
high fidelity sound system
high finance
high-five
highflier
high-flown
highflyer
highflying
high frequency
high gear
High German
high-grade
high ground
high-handed
high-handedly
high-handedness
high hat
high-hat cymbal
High Holiday
High Holy Day
high horse
high-interest
highjack
highjacker
highjacking
high jinks
high jinx
high jump
high-keyed
highland
Highlander
highland fling
Highlands
Highland Scot
Highlands of Scotland
high-level
high-level formatting
high-level language
high-level radioactive waste
highlife
high life