high

Plural: highs

Noun

• An elevated point or level; a peak.
• a lofty level or position or degree
  • "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
• an air mass of higher than normal pressure
  • "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
• a state of sustained elation
  • "I'm on a permanent high these days"
• a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
  • "they took drugs to get a high on"
• a high place
  • "they stood on high and observed the countryside"
• a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
  • "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
• A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
• A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc).
• The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
• A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
• A drug that gives such a high.
• A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
• The highest card dealt or drawn.

Adjective

• Extending a great distance upward; elevated.
• 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"
• (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"
• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

Adjective Satellite

• standing above others in quality or position
  • "people in high places"
  • "the high priest"
• happy and excited and energetic
• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

Adverb

• at a great altitude
  • "he climbed high on the ladder"
• in or to a high position, amount, or degree
  • "prices have gone up far too high"
• in a rich manner
  • "he lives high"
• far up toward the source
  • "he lives high up the river"

Adj

• Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
• Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
• Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
• Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
• Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
• Above the batter's shoulders.
• Physically elevated, extending above a base or average level:
• Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
• Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
• Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• Most exalted; foremost.
• Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
• Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
• Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character.
• Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
• Extreme, excessive; now specifically very traditionalist and conservative.
• Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
• Luxurious; rich.
• Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
• Keen, enthused.
• With tall waves.
• Remote (to the north or south) from the equator; situated at (or constituting) a latitude which is expressed by a large number.
• Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
• Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
• Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
• Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
• Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
• Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
• Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
• Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
• 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.
• Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
• Positioned up the field, towards the opposing team's goal.

Adv

• In or to an elevated position.
• In or at a great value.
• At a pitch of great frequency.

Verb

• To rise.
• Alternative form of hie (“to hasten”).

Examples

• 9-high straight = 98765 unsuited
• a high tone
• A large high is centred on the Azores.
• After hitting that triple-word score, he was on a HIGH for the rest of the game.
• Carrots are high in vitamin A. made from a high-copper alloy
• Costs have grown higher this year again.
• Epicures do not cook game before it is high.
• 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
• high church High Tory
• high crimes, the high festival of the sun
• high latitude, fish species in high arctic and antarctic areas
• high living, the high life
• high voltage high prices high winds a high number
• How high above land did you fly?
• I certainly can't sing that high.
• I have KT742 of the same suit. In other words, a K-high flush.
• I was running a high temperature and had high cholesterol.
• in high spirits
• Inflation reached a ten-year high.
• It was one of the highs of his career.
• My bank charges me a high interest rate.
• North's hand was high. East was in trouble.
• Our defensive line is too high.
• Royal Flush = AKQJT suited = A-high straight flush
• That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.
• The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain
• The desks were piled high with magazines.
• the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar
• The note was too high for her to sing.
• The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.
• the pitch (or: the ball) was high
• The score for that bingo was so HIGH, it almost reached the ceiling.
• The sun higheth.
• The tailor liked his meat high.
• three feet high three Mount Everests high
• Today's high was 32 °C.

Synonyms

eminent, gamey, gamy, heights, high gear, high school, high up, high-pitched, highschool, in high spirits, luxuriously, mellow, richly, senior high, senior high school, drunk, haute, hawt, stoned, tall

Antonyms

low, low spirits

Related Words

crash, mighty

Anagrams of high