high
noun
1 high
A lofty level or position or degree.
2 high
An air mass of higher than normal pressure.
Dutch: anticycloon, hogedrukgebied
Polish: wyż
3 high
A state of sustained elation.
4 high
A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics.
5 high
A high place:
— They stood on high and observed the countryside.
synonym: heights.
6 high
7 high
A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed.
synonym: high gear.
Polish: bieg bezpośredni
adjective
1 high
Greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount.
Roget 942:
disinterested;
unselfish;
self-denying,
self-sacrificing,
self-devoted;
generous.
handsome,
liberal,
noble,
broad-minded;
noble-minded,
high-minded;
princely,
great,
high,
elevated,
lofty,
exalted,
spirited,
stoical,
magnanimous;
great-hearted,
large-hearted;
chivalrous,
heroic,
sublime.
unbought,
unbribed†;
uncorrupted
etc.
(upright)
939.
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Roget 878:
dignified;
stately;
proud,
proud-crested;
lordly,
baronial;
lofty-minded;
highsouled,
high-minded,
high-mettled†,
high-handed,
high-plumed,
high-flown,
high-toned.
haughty lofty,
high,
mighty,
swollen,
puffed up,
flushed,
blown;
vainglorious;
purse-proud,
fine;
proud as a peacock,
proud as Lucifer;
bloated with pride.
supercilious,
disdainful,
bumptious,
magisterial,
imperious,
high and mighty,
overweening,
consequential;
arrogant
etc.
885;
unblushing
etc.
880.
stiff,
stiff-necked;
starch;
perked stuck-up;
in buckram,
strait-laced;
prim
etc.
(affected)
855.
on one's dignity,
on one's high horses,
on one's tight ropes,
on one's high ropes;
on stilts;
en grand seigneur [Fr.].
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Roget 814:
dear;
high,
high priced;
of great price,
expensive,
costly,
precious;
worth a Jew's eye†,
dear bought.
at a premium.
not to be had,
not to be had for love or money;
beyond price,
above price,
priceless,
of priceless value.
[priced in excess of value]
unreasonable,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
extortionate;
overpriced,
more than it's woth.
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Roget 653:
dirty,
filthy,
grimy;
unclean,
impure;
soiled
etc.
v.;
not to be handled with kid gloves;
dusty,
snuffy†,
smutty,
sooty,
smoky;
thick,
turbid,
dreggy;
slimy;
mussy [U.S.].
slovenly,
untidy,
messy,
uncleanly.
[of people]
unkempt,
sluttish,
dowdy,
draggle-tailed;
uncombed.
unscoured†,
unswept†,
unwiped†,
unwashed,
unstrained,
unpurified†;
squalid;
lutose†,
slammocky†,
slummocky†,
sozzly†.
nasty,
coarse,
foul,
offensive,
abominable,
beastly,
reeky,
reechy†;
fetid
etc.
401.
[of rotting living matter]
decayed,
moldy,
musty,
mildewed,
rusty,
moth-eaten,
mucid†,
rancid,
weak,
bad,
gone bad,
etercoral†,
lentiginous†,
touched,
fusty,
effete,
reasty†,
rotten,
corrupt,
tainted,
high,
flyblown,
maggoty;
putrid,
putrefactive,
putrescent,
putrefied;
saprogenic,
saprogenous†;
purulent,
carious,
peccant;
fecal,
feculent;
stercoraceous†,
excrementitious†;
scurfy,
scurvy,
impetiginous†;
gory,
bloody;
rotting
etc.
v.;
rotten as a pear,
rotten as cheese.
crapulous
etc.
(intemperate)
954†;
gross
etc.
(impure in mind)
961;
fimetarious†,
fimicolous†.
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Roget 31:
great;
greater
etc.
33;
large,
considerable,
fair,
above par;
big,
huge
etc.
(large in size)
192;
Herculean,
cyclopean;
ample;
abundant;
etc.
(enough)
639
full,
intense,
strong,
sound,
passing,
heavy,
plenary,
deep,
high;
signal,
at its height,
in the zenith.
world-wide,
widespread,
far-famed,
extensive;
wholesale;
many
etc.
102.
goodly,
noble,
precious,
mighty;
sad,
grave,
heavy,
serious;
far gone,
arrant,
downright;
utter,
uttermost;
crass,
gross,
arch,
profound,
intense,
consummate;
rank,
uninitiated,
red-hot,
desperate;
glaring,
flagrant,
stark staring;
thorough-paced,
thoroughgoing;
roaring,
thumping;
extraordinary. ;
important
etc.
642;
unsurpassed
etc.
(supreme)
33;
complete
etc.
52.
august,
grand,
dignified,
sublime,
majestic
etc.
(repute)
873.
vast,
immense,
enormous,
extreme;
inordinate,
excessive,
extravagant,
exorbitant,
outrageous,
preposterous,
unconscionable,
swinging,
monstrous,
overgrown;
towering,
stupendous,
prodigious,
astonishing,
incredible;
marvelous
etc.
870.
unlimited
etc.
(infinite)
105;
unapproachable,
unutterable,
indescribable,
ineffable,
unspeakable,
inexpressible,
beyond expression,
fabulous.
undiminished,
unabated,
unreduced†,
unrestricted.
absolute,
positive,
stark,
decided,
unequivocal,
essential,
perfect,
finished.
remarkable,
of mark,
marked,
pointed,
veriest;
noteworthy;
renowned.
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Roget 401:
fetid;
strong-smelling;
high,
bad,
strong,
fulsome,
offensive,
noisome,
rank,
rancid,
reasty†,
tainted,
musty,
fusty,
frouzy†;
olid†,
olidous†;
nidorous†;
smelling,
stinking;
putrid
etc.
653;
suffocating,
mephitic;
empyreumatic†.
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2 high
literal meaning Being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high').
Polish: wysoki
3 high
Standing above others in quality or position:
— People in high places.
— The high priest.
synonym: eminent.
Roget 873:
distinguished,
distingue [Fr.],
noted;
of note
etc.
n.;
honored
etc.
v.;
popular;
fashionable
etc.
852.
in good odor in;
favor,
in high favor;
reputable,
respectable,
creditable.
remarkable
etc.
(important)
642;
notable,
notorious;
celebrated,
renowned,
ion every one's mouth,
talked of;
famous,
famed;
far-famed;
conspicuous,
to the front;
foremost;
in the front rank,
in the ascendant.
imperishable,
deathless,
immortal,
never fading,
aere perennius [Lat.];
time honored.
illustrious,
glorious,
splendid,
brilliant,
radiant;
bright
etc.
420;
full-blown;
honorific.
eminent,
prominent;
high
etc.
206;
in the zenith;
at the head of,
at the top of the tree;
peerless,
of the first water. ;
superior
etc.
33;
supereminent,
preeminent.
great,
dignified,
proud,
noble,
honorable,
worshipful,
lordly,
grand,
stately,
august,
princely.
imposing,
solemn,
transcendent,
majestic,
sacred,
sublime,
heaven-born,
heroic,
sans peur et sans reproche [Fr.];
sacrosanct.
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Roget 206:
high,
elevated,
eminent,
exalted,
lofty,
tall;
gigantic
etc.
(big)
192;
Patagonian;
towering,
beetling,
soaring,
hanging
(gardens);
elevated
etc.
307;
upper;
highest
etc.
(topmost)
210;
high reaching,
insessorial†,
perching.
upland,
moorland;
hilly,
knobby [U.S.];
mountainous,
alpine,
subalpine,
heaven kissing;
cloudtopt†,
cloudcapt†,
cloudtouching†;
aerial.
overhanging
etc.
v.;
incumbent,
overlying,
superincumbent†,
supernatant,
superimposed;
prominent
etc.
v.
250.
tall as a maypole,
tall as a poplar,
tall as a steeple,
lanky
etc.
(thin)
203.
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4 high
Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency.
synonym: high-pitched.
Roget 410:
creaking
etc.
v.;
stridulous†,
harsh,
coarse,
hoarse,
horrisonous†,
rough,
gruff,
grum†,
sepulchral,
hollow.
sharp,
high,
acute,
shrill;
trumpet-toned;
piercing,
ear-piercing,
high-pitched,
high-toned;
cracked;
discordant
etc.
414;
cacophonous.
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5 high
6 high
used of the smell of meat Smelling spoiled or tainted.
synonyms: gamey, gamy.
7 high
Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana).
synonym: mellow.
adverb
1 high
At a great altitude:
— He climbed high on the ladder.
synonym: high up.
2 high
In or to a high position, amount, or degree.
3 high
4 high
Far up toward the source.
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highest
adjective
Roget 206:
high,
elevated,
eminent,
exalted,
lofty,
tall;
gigantic
etc.
(big)
192;
Patagonian;
towering,
beetling,
soaring,
hanging
(gardens);
elevated
etc.
307;
upper;
highest
etc.
(topmost)
210;
high reaching,
insessorial†,
perching.
upland,
moorland;
hilly,
knobby [U.S.];
mountainous,
alpine,
subalpine,
heaven kissing;
cloudtopt†,
cloudcapt†,
cloudtouching†;
aerial.
overhanging
etc.
v.;
incumbent,
overlying,
superincumbent†,
supernatant,
superimposed;
prominent
etc.
v.
250.
tall as a maypole,
tall as a poplar,
tall as a steeple,
lanky
etc.
(thin)
203.
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Roget 210:
highest
etc.
(high)
etc.
206;
top;
top most,
upper most;
tiptop;
culminating
etc.
v.;
meridian,
meridional†;
capital,
head,
polar,
supreme,
supernal,
topgallant.
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