highland

¹high·land

noun \ˈhī-lənd\

Definition of HIGHLAND

: elevated or mountainous land

Examples of HIGHLAND

1. <there are permanent glaciers in the cool, humid highlands of the Pacific Northwest>

First Known Use of HIGHLAND

before 12th century

Related to HIGHLAND

Synonyms: altitude(s), elevation, eminence, height, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland

Antonyms: lowland

Related Words: alp, mount, mountain, peak; butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland; bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor; ridge, sierra; dome, sugarloaf; foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll; downs

Near Antonyms: dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater

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Rhymes with HIGHLAND

Highland, island