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height

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Synonyms and Antonyms of height

1 the highest part or point

many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangeloʼs career

Synonyms of height

acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith

Words Related to height

bloom, blossom, flood tide, flower, glory, heyday, prime

cap, ceiling, roof

extreme, extremity, tip, vertex

high, highlight, highspot

Near Antonyms of height

abyss, base, foot

Antonyms of height

bottom, nadir, rock bottom

2 the most extreme or advanced point

the studentʼs defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence

Synonyms of height

depth, extremity, limit

Words Related to height

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 of height

altitude, elevation, inches, stature

Words Related to height

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 of height

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

Words Related to height

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 height

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

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

Antonyms of height

5 the most intense or characteristic phase of something

at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door

Synonyms of height

deep, depth, middle, midst, thick

Words Related to height

Synonym Discussion of height

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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