HIGH AND LOW Synonyms: 15 Similar and Opposite Words

high and low

adverb

Definition of high and low next

as in everywhere

in every place or in all places I've been looking high and low for my glasses

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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

nowhere

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of high and low Hours later when the 36 skiers eventually finished, the final standings showed the impossible high and low of skiing. —

Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 8 Feb. 2026 Sandoval, again taking leading-lady duties, plays Dahlia, a cop reporting to Bernal (Dennis Marasigan), a shady police chief with friends in both high and low places in Manila, a city still under martial law in 1979. —

Guy Lodge, Variety, 5 Feb. 2026 Prestige hierarchies can be steep, with clear differences between high and low status. —

Thomas Morgan, The Conversation, 3 Feb. 2026 Shifting the center differential between high and low and locking it was done via an honest-to-goodness shifter, too. —

Peter Nelson, Forbes.com, 28 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high and low

Recent Examples of Synonyms for high and low

Adverb

The thing is an almost-four-hour-long continuous explosion — actors dancing, grappling, and hurling furniture; the director present onstage ripping pieces out of the set; paint and blood and flowers and feathers everywhere.

— Sara Holdren, Vulture, 23 Mar. 2026
While drivers everywhere can’t help but notice how sharply pump prices have risen, the trouble on the farm goes beyond gassing up the F-150.

— The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026