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 Saturday will be a #Top10WxDay, with mostly sunny skies, low humidity, a summer breeze and highs near 80. — Joseph Dames, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 The immersive doc captures the duality of an extreme lifestyle with the euphoric highs of intercepting a tornado to the terrifying lows of being overtaken by one inside their vehicle as Timmer pushes his mind and body to the limit. — Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026 The rebound follows gold's sharp reversal from record highs of almost $5,600 earlier this year, and its worst quarterly perfomance since 2013 in the three months through June. — Hugh Leask, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026 There have been some down moments, but the Frogs have experienced some really exciting highs since 2000. — Antonio Morales, New York Times, 21 Aug. 2026 Indeed, prices for oil tankers are surging to record highs, the Financial Times said, as Middle Eastern countries buy up vessels to transfer barrels. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 20 Aug. 2026 If bond markets are so worried about the economy, why are stocks at record highs? — Rafael Nam, NPR, 20 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

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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

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

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From the late 1990s on, Parton recognized that her hitmaking days were behind her, and frequently returned to songs and sounds associated with the pleasures and hardships of her mountain youth.

— Jewly Hight, NPR, 25 Aug. 2026
That inspired her blazing recent mixtape, Eternal, which traffics in big beats, exclamatory vocals, and thoughtful lyrics about the pleasures of being in a moveable, danceable body.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of pleasures

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This is the time when arts organizations launch a slew of new productions and festival season gears up to celebrate everything from culinary treats to literary delights.

— Suzanne Van Atten, AJC.com, 24 Aug. 2026
To make room for seasonal culinary delights, Casey loves hanging floral arrangements above the dining space.

— Maria Sabella, Architectural Digest, 20 Aug. 2026