high

high is a 4-letter English word with 37 senses as intransitive verb, adverb, noun, and adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To hie. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 37 senses

Definitions

1. intransitive verb. To hie.
2. superlative. Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
3. superlative. Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; -- used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection
4. superlative. Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preeminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
5. superlative. Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
6. superlative. Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
7. superlative. Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
8. superlative. Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
9. superlative. Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
10. superlative. Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; -- used in a bad sense.
11. superlative. Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
12. superlative. Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
13. superlative. Acute or sharp; -- opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
14. superlative. Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as / (/ve), / (f/d). See Guide to Pronunciation, // 10, 11.
15. adverb. In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
16. noun. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
17. noun. People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
18. noun. The highest card dealt or drawn.
19. intransitive verb. To rise; as, the sun higheth.
20. noun. a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
21. noun. a lofty level or position or degree

    "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"

22. noun. a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

    "he goes to the neighborhood highschool"

    Synonyms: highschool

23. noun. a high place

    "they stood on high and observed the countryside"

    "he doesn't like heights"

    Synonyms: heights

24. noun. a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

    "they took drugs to get a high on"

25. noun. a state of sustained elation

    "I'm on a permanent high these days"

26. noun. an air mass of higher than normal pressure

    "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"

27. adjective. happy and excited and energetic
28. adjective. slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

    Synonyms: mellow

29. adjective. (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

    Synonyms: gamey, gamy

30. adjective. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

    "a high mountain"

    "high ceilings"

31. adjective. greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount

    "a high temperature"

    "a high price"

32. adjective. used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
33. adjective. standing above others in quality or position

    "people in high places"

    "the high priest"

    Synonyms: eminent

34. adverb. at a great altitude

    "he climbed high on the ladder"

35. adverb. far up toward the source

    "he lives high up the river"

36. adverb. in or to a high position, amount, or degree

    "prices have gone up far too high"

37. adverb. in a rich manner

    "he lives high"

    Synonyms: luxuriously, richly

Synonyms

highschool, heights, mellow, gamey, gamy, eminent, luxuriously, richly

Common word forms

highs, higher, highly, highest, highness

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