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Synonyms
high

adj

  1. greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount: "a high temperature"
  2. (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high'): "a high mountain"
  3. standing above others in quality or position: "people in high places"
  4. used of sounds and voices: high in pitch or frequency
  5. happy and excited and energetic
  6. used of the smell of game beginning to taint

adv

  1. at a great altitude: "he climbed high on the ladder"
  2. in or to a high position, amount, or degree: "prices have gone up far too high"

noun

  1. a lofty level or position or degree: "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
  2. an air mass of higher than normal pressure: "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
  3. a state of sustained elation: "I'm on a permanent high these days"
  4. a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics: "they took drugs to get a high on"
  5. a high place: "they stood on high and observed the coutryside"
  6. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12: "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"
  7. a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed