High

Quick meaning: High is an adjective meaning Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:.

Meaning

Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:.

More Meanings

1. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
2. Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
3. (of an opinion or practice, obsolete outside set phrases) Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
4. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
5. (with on or about) Keen, enthused.
6. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
7. (informal) 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.

Example Sentences

high church High Tory

three feet high three Mount Everests high

The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.

Not a one of them was old enough to know what the high past of Liani separatism had really been like.

Word Forms

• higher
• highest
• highs
• highing
• highed

Synonyms for high

Depending on context, synonyms include haute, hawt, tall, stoned, drunk, eminent.

Antonyms for high

Common opposites include low, middle, low-pitched.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include towering, high-level, altitudinous, upper, lofty, full.

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