HIGHS Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

highs

noun

plural of high

as in ecstasies

a state of overwhelming usually pleasurable emotion it took days for the high of the World Series win to wear off

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as in skies

the expanse of air surrounding the earth V formations of honking geese on high mean winter will soon be here

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Recent Examples of highs With more clouds, Saturday will be a touch cooler, with highs closer to 80. — Adam Del Rosso, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026 In the meantime, the Russell 2000 index of small company stocks touched all-time highs three times this week in a broadening out of the bull market that continues to bode well for traders. — Sarah Min, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 There’s a nice localised touch via a railway footbridge on the approach depicting the highs of Southampton’s football history and the delights of the city centre, particularly Oxford Street, can be enjoyed before strolling on to the match. — Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026 Meanwhile, investors are still not rushing to lock in yields at multi-decade highs, signaling a collective wariness that the selloff may not be over. — Greg Ritchie, Fortune, 13 Aug. 2026 While highs will be in the upper 80s and low 90s, extreme humidity will bring the heat indices, or feels-like temperatures, into the 100-105 degree range. — Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026 Donaldson set career highs across the board as a senior at Miami last season. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 7 Aug. 2026 San Francisco will largely escape the swelter, with highs expected to hit 73 on Saturday and 77 on Sunday, with lows dipping into the upper 50s. — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2026 Temperature highs will be in the low 90s over the weekend, according to Torres-Vazquez. — Ruth Abramovitz, Sun Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026

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Noun

But by the New York Times bestselling author and pop culture essayist’s own admission, no topic has loomed larger or longer in his mind than the ironies, ecstasies and singularity of American football.

— Zack Ruskin, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Jan. 2026

Definition of ecstasies

Noun

The show was a colorful, vibrant display of Puerto Rican and pan-Latin American culture, featuring a dynamic set showcasing the history of workers in sugarcane fields to the modern joys of everyday life and an actual legal wedding onstage.

— Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 8 Aug. 2026
The joys and thrill of the FIFA World Cup may have come to a close last month, but the passion and camaraderie developed through soccer don’t have to end.

— Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of joys

Noun

Its purpose is to take deep panoramic images of the sky, over and over again, every clear night across the next 10 years, making what amounts to a decade-spanning ultrahigh-definition timelapse movie of the entire heavens.

— Phil Plait, Scientific American, 24 July 2026
The queen of pop swapped her Confessions II-era shiny golden doll-like curls for a high-to-the-heavens mullet.

— Christina Perrier, InStyle, 22 June 2026

Definition of heavens

Noun

Founded by a former lawyer turned bookseller and Pasadena native Dan Whitmore, the store is doing brisk business among a younger clientele that still values the tactile pleasures to be found from beautiful books.

— Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026
More often, though, the mood is more one of resignation to a hardscrabble existence that also has its pleasures.

— Alison Herman, Variety, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of pleasures

Noun

There’s a nice localised touch via a railway footbridge on the approach depicting the highs of Southampton’s football history and the delights of the city centre, particularly Oxford Street, can be enjoyed before strolling on to the match.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 13 Aug. 2026
The harvest’s fleeting nature means the window to catch these seasonal delights is closing, so pull up a seat before the season makes its inevitable exit.

— Angela Hansberger, AJC.com, 7 Aug. 2026