HIGH GROUND Synonyms: 84 Similar and Opposite Words

high ground

noun

as in advantage

the more favorable condition or position in a competition one would have thought that having the superior product would have given the company the high ground in the video format war

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Recent Examples of high ground But are Democrats in some ways ceding a moral high ground? —

ABC News, 7 June 2026 Wide, flat areas like the Ebro Delta, high ground and well-positioned miradors are worth searching out. —

Jamie Carter, Space.com, 2 June 2026 Proponents of such protections should reframe the debate accordingly or risk ceding some ethical high ground. —

Adam W. Gaffney, STAT, 18 May 2026 Heavy storms did roll through Lake County the night before, although the building does not have a history of flooding and sits on high ground. —

Gregory Harutunian, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for high ground

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Noun

Dalal said their son played there daily with his friends, taking advantage of a club policy that allows children under five to enter without a membership.

— Rhea Mogul, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
The comedian, 38, best known for his role as the acerbic gay best friend Elliott Goss in HBO’s Search Party, chose our meeting place to take advantage of the balmy late-May weather and to say goodbye to the neighborhood.

— CT Jones, Rolling Stone, 20 June 2026