high

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noun

Definition of HIGH

1

: an elevated place or region: as a : hill, knoll b : the space overhead : sky —usually used with on c : heaven —usually used with on

2

: a region of high barometric pressure —called also anticyclone

3

a : a high point or level : height <sales reached a new high> b : the transmission gear of a vehicle (as an automobile) giving the highest speed of travel

4

a : an excited, euphoric, or stupefied state produced by or as if by a drug b : a state of elation or high spirits

Examples of HIGH

1. Oil prices reached a new high last winter.
2. The forecast is for showers with highs in the 70s.
3. The high only lasted a few minutes.

First Known Use of HIGH

13th century

Related to HIGH

Synonyms: cloud nine, elatedness, elation, euphoria, exhilaration, heaven, ecstasy, intoxication, paradise, rapture, rhapsody, seventh heaven, swoon, transport

Antonyms: depression

Related Words: exaltation; blessedness, bliss, blissfulness, delight, enchantment, felicity, gladness, happiness, joy, joyfulness, joyousness, pleasure; reverie, trance; inspiration; fervor, frenzy, madness, passion; cheer, cheerfulness, exuberance, gaiety (also gayety), glee, gleefulness, jubilance, jubilation, lightheartedness

Near Antonyms: misery, sadness, unhappiness, woe, wretchedness; blues, dejection, desolation, despair, despondency, disconsolateness, disheartenment, dispiritedness, doldrums, downheartedness, dreariness, dumps, forlornness, gloom, gloominess, heartsickness, melancholy, mopes

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Other Climate/Meteorology Terms

monsoon, occlusion, ozone, rime, squall, zephyr