higher
adjective
- 1
Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
“The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain”
- 2
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- 3
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
“three feet high three Mount Everests high”
- 4
Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
“The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.”
- 5
Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
“high crimes, the high festival of the sun”
- 6
Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
“high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages”
- 7
(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
“high latitude, high antiquity”
- 8
(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
- 9
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
“in high spirits”
- 10
(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
“high living, the high life”
- 11
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
“a high tone”
- 12
(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
- 13
(of a body of water) With tall waves.
- 14
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
“My bank charges me a high interest rate. I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol. high voltage high prices high winds a high number”
- 15
(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
“The note was too high for her to sing.”
- 16
Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
- 17
Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
- 18
(of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
“Epicures do not cook game before it is high.”
- 19
Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly usually alcohol, but now (from the mid-20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
- 20
(of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
Antonyms
adverb
- 1
In or to an elevated position.
“How high above land did you fly?”
- 2
In or at a great value.
“Costs have grown higher this year again.”
- 3
At a pitch of great frequency.
“I certainly can't sing that high.”
noun
- 1
A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification.
verb
- 1
To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity.
- 2
To ascend.
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