altitude | Definition of altitude

Synonyms and Antonyms of altitude

1 the distance of something or someone from bottom to top

the altitude of the highest mountain in the U.S. is only about two thirds that of the highest mountain in the world

Synonyms of altitude

elevation, height, inches, stature

Words Related to altitude

highness, loftiness, tallness

2 usually altitudes plural an area of high ground

the air is thinner at higher altitudes

Synonyms of altitude

elevation, eminence, height, highland, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland

Words Related to altitude

alp, mount, mountain, peak

butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland

bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor

dome, sugarloaf

foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll

Near Antonyms of altitude

dale, dell, depression, dingle, glen, hollow, vale, valley

basin, bottom, bottomland, fen, flat, floodplain, plain, tidewater

Antonyms of altitude