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 Safran Power Units’ engines will enable the Falcon to reach supersonic speeds at low and medium altitudes, while ensuring rapid deployment and recovery. — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026 That includes traveling with an emergency communication device and tracking the weather, which can change quickly at higher altitudes. — Sam Gillette, PEOPLE, 4 Nov. 2026 As the plane picked up warmer air from lower altitudes, the water froze and stuck to the aircraft. — Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 3 Nov. 2026 And temperatures in these updrafts can drop to as low as -100 degrees Fahrenheit at the altitudes where planes fly. — Holly Yan, CNN Money, 2 Nov. 2026 There is a reason many elite athletes, including Olympians, distance runners, train in high altitudes. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 29 Oct. 2026 In the meantime, the club has launched to lower altitudes, including a balloon ride up over Florida to 100,000 feet. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Oct. 2026 Luigi Carbone, Pope Leo XIV's physician, said the pontiff's recovery from lung cancer surgery won't stop plans for a visit to Uruguay, Argentina and Peru involving a dozen flights and two helicopter rides to high altitudes. — Arkansas Online, 27 Oct. 2026 At high altitudes, shortness of breath while resting, confusion, or difficulty walking a straight line are warning signs. — Andrés Henao, The Conversation, 27 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

For families The fresh air and rolling hills of Bürgenstock lends itself to an idyllic family-stay.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Nov. 2026
Malcolm had a property that was kind of up in the hills, backing up against a lot of wildlife, ground, and forest.

— Ashley Hume , Larry Fink, FOXNews.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of hill

Noun

The Sky Rooftop restaurant is the property’s undisputed star with jaw-dropping panoramas of the lake, mountains, and city that surround it.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Nov. 2026
Africa was a different case altogether—hemmed in by mountain belts at the time, its erosion and sediment were shaped by the mountains rather than by the mantle beneath.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 6 Nov. 2026