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the highest part or point<many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangeloʼs career>Synonymsacme, apex, climax, crown, culmination, head, high-water mark, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, tip-top, top, zenithRelated Wordsbloom, flood tide, flower, glory, heyday; high; cap, ceiling, crest, roof; crescendo, extremity, maximum, tip, vertexNear Antonymsabyss, base, foot; minimumAntonymsbottom, nadir
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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>Synonymsdepth, extremity, limitRelated Wordsconsummation, epitome, quintessence, ultimate
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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>Synonymsaltitude, elevation, statureRelated Wordsrise; highness, loftiness, tallness
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an area of high ground<Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea>Synonymsaltitude(s), elevation, eminence, highland, hill, mound, prominence, rise, uplandRelated Wordsalp, mount, mountain, peak; butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland; cliff, crag, precipice, tor; ridge, sierra; dome, sugarloaf; foothill, hillock, knob, knoll; downNear Antonymsdale, dell, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley; basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewaterAntonymslowland
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the most intense or characteristic phase of something<at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door>— see thick
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