| Noun | 1. | high - a lofty level or position or degree; "summer temperatures reached an all-time high" Antonyms: low - a low level or position or degree; "the stock market fell to a new low" |
| 2. | high - an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high" Synonyms: high pressure | |
| 3. | high - a state of sustained elation; "I'm on a permanent high these days" Antonyms: low spirits - a state of mild depression | |
| 4. | high - a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics; "they took drugs to get a high on" | |
| 5. | high - a high place; "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"; "he doesn't like heights" Synonyms: heights | |
| 6. | high - a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" | |
| 7. | high - a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed Synonyms: high gear | |
| Adj. | 1. | high - 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" Antonyms: low - less than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "low prices"; "the reservoire is low" |
| 2. | high - (literal meanings) 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" Antonyms: low - literal meanings; being at or having a relatively small elevation or upward extension; "low ceilings"; "low clouds"; "low hills"; "the sun is low"; "low furniture"; "a low bow" | |
| 3. | high - standing above others in quality or position; "people in high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the community" Synonyms: eminent | |
| 4. | high - used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency Synonyms: high-pitched Antonyms: low-pitched, low - used of sounds and voices; low in pitch or frequency | |
| 5. | high - happy and excited and energetic Synonyms: in high spirits | |
| 6. | high - used of the smell of game beginning to taint | |
| 7. | high - slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana) Synonyms: mellow | |
| Adv. | 1. | high - at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder" Synonyms: high up |
| 2. | high - in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have gone up far too high" | |
| 3. | high - in a rich manner; "he lives high" Synonyms: luxuriously, richly | |
| 4. | high - far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river" |
HIGH. This word has various significations: 1. Principal or chief, as high constable, high sheriff. 2. Prominent, in a bad sense, as high treason. 3. Open, not confined, as high seas.
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fuddled, fuddledness, fuddlement, fulsome, funky, fusty, gamy, gear, gear train, gearbox, gearing, gearshift, gearwheel, generous, genial, genteel, gentle, gentlemanlike, gentlemanly, gigantic, glad, gladsome, glide, glorified, glorious, glossal, glottal, glowing, gluttonous, godlike, grammar school, grand, graveolent, great, great of heart, greathearted, guttural, half-seas over, handsome, hangover, happy, hard, haughty, heavy, height, heinous, held in awe, heroic, high and mighty, high school, high up, high-class, high-flown, high-frequency, high-headed, high-minded, high-nosed, high-pressure area, high-reaching, high-set, high-sounding, high-tasted, high-toned, high-up, highfalutin, highfaluting, hilarious, hopeful, hopped up, huge, hyperbolic, hypertrophied, icky, idealistic, ill-smelling, illuminated, immoderate, immoderately, immortal, immortalized, imparadised, impassioned, in ecstasies, in good spirits, in heaven, in high spirits, in paradise, in raptures, in seventh heaven, in the air, in the clouds, incontinent, inebriated, inebriation, inebriety, inflamed, inordinate, inordinately, insobriety, intemperate, intemperately, intermediate, intermediate school, intonated, intoxicated, intoxication, irrepressible, isobar, isometric, isometric line, isopiestic line, isotherm, isothermal line, issue par, issue price, jubilant, junior high, junior high school, katzenjammer, keyed up, kinglike, kingly, knightly, labial, labiodental, labiovelar, ladylike, large, largehearted, lateral, lathered up, lauded, laughing, lavish, lax, leading, lethargy, liberal, lifted, light, lingual, liquid, lit, lit up, loaded, low-pressure area, lubricated, lushy, luxurious, maggoty, magnanimous, magnificent, magnified, majestic, malodorous, manic, manic state, market price, market value, mawkish, maximum, mephitic, merry, mezzo-soprano, miasmal, miasmic, mid, middle school, mighty, mildewed, mildewy, moldy, momentous, monophthongal, monstrous, monumental, morning after, mounting, moved, 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