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altitude

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of altitude

1 the distance of something or someone from bottom to top

The altitude of the highest mountain in the U.S. is only about two thirds that of the highest mountain in the world.

Synonyms of altitude

elevation, height, inches, stature

Words Related to altitude

highness, loftiness, tallness

2 usually altitudes plural an area of high ground

The air is thinner at higher altitudes.

Synonyms of altitude

elevation, eminence, height, highland, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland

Words Related to altitude

alp, mount, mountain, peak

butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland

bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor

dome, sugarloaf

foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll

Near Antonyms of altitude

dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley

basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater

Antonyms of altitude

Synonym Discussion of altitude

height, altitude, elevation mean vertical distance either between the top and bottom of something or between a base and something above it. height refers to something measured vertically whether high or low.

- a wall two meters in height

altitude and elevation apply to height as measured by angular measurement or atmospheric pressure; altitude is preferable when referring to vertical distance above the surface of the earth or above sea level; elevation is used especially in reference to vertical height on land.

- fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters
- Denver is a city with a high elevation

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