Entry Word: height

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the highest part or point <many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangeloʼs career>

Synonyms acme, apex, climax, crown, culmination, head, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenith

Related Words bloom, flood tide, flower, glory, heyday; high; cap, ceiling, crest, roof; crescendo, extremity, maximum, tip, vertex

Near Antonyms abyss, base, foot; minimum

Antonyms bottom, nadir

2 the most extreme or advanced point <the studentʼs defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the teacher as the height of insolence>

Synonyms depth, extremity, limit

Related Words consummation, epitome, quintessence, ultimate

3 the distance of something or someone from bottom to top <the average height of the players on the volleyball team is well over six feet>

Synonyms altitude, elevation, stature

Related Words rise; highness, loftiness, tallness

4 an area of high ground <Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea>

Synonyms altitude(s), elevation, eminence, highland, hill, mound, prominence, rise, upland

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

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

Antonyms lowland

5 the most intense or characteristic phase of something <at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door> — see thick