ALTITUDES Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

altitudes

noun

plural of altitude

as in elevation

an area of high ground the air is thinner at higher altitudes

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Recent Examples of altitudes The spacecraft will spend its first few months in the Martian system observing Phobos from different altitudes, using its TENGOO and OROCHI cameras, LIDAR and MSA to map the moon's surface, study its composition and select potential landing sites. — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026 During the test, the aircraft validated not only the takeoff system, but the ability to maneuver at various altitudes and make in-flight mission adjustments while the systems checked for airworthiness. — David Szondy october 15, New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2026 As a result, controllers relied on pilots to report their own altitudes. — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 16 Oct. 2026 This approach supports rapid updates to target tracks, an important capability when monitoring multiple aerial threats that may be moving at different speeds and altitudes. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 14 Oct. 2026 Rescues this high are risky and expensive, and helicopters cannot safely fly at such altitudes. — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 10 Oct. 2026 Winds near the surface blowing from the east, along with winds at higher altitudes blowing from the west, create vertical wind shear. — Christopher Davis, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026 The plane was designed to function at limited altitudes, and the pilot plotted an appropriate course. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 8 Oct. 2026 Pilots are responsible for maintaining safe separation from other aircraft and must comply with all Federal Aviation Regulations, including minimum visibilities, minimum safe altitudes, and right-of-way rules, the FFA said. — Marissa Perlman, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

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Noun

Portions of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah saw two to four inches, whereas areas with higher elevations, like the San Juan Mountains, got up to six inches.

— Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
Climate change is also shifting suitable oyamel habitats to higher elevations, threatening populations on lower mountains that may eventually lack the conditions needed to support the trees.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of elevation

Noun

On a slight hill, wooden bench swings hover over the ground, overlooking many of the park’s trails.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of hill

Noun

The performance of total transparency could reach comical heights.

— Alex Barasch, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2026
Construction also has already begun on a second pad, LC-36B, for an even larger version of New Glenn, and with it a new vertical integration facility that can handle the new rockets’ heights.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of height

Noun

The bear was also recently featured in Southern Living — for a few months each fall, a local mountain casts a shadow shaped like a bear onto the fall foliage below.

— Eva Flowe, Charlotte Observer, 23 Oct. 2026
This innovation—the mass manufacture of ammonia, vastly more efficient than scraping guano off remote islands or grinding mountains of bison bones—removed the most critical nutrient bottleneck in global agriculture.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 23 Oct. 2026