height | Definition of height

1 the highest part or point

many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangelo's career

Synonyms of height

acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crescendo, crest, crown, culmination, head, high noon, high-water mark, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, noontime, peak, pinnacle, sum, summit, tip-top, top, zenith

Words Related to height

bloom, blossom, flood tide, flower, glory, heyday, prime

cap, ceiling, roof

extreme, extremity, tip, vertex

high, highlight, highspot

Near Antonyms of height

abyss, base, foot

minimum

Antonyms of height

bottom, nadir, rock bottom

2 the most extreme or advanced point

the student's defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence

Synonyms of height

depth, extremity, limit

Words Related to height

consummation, epitome, quintessence, ultimate

3 the distance of something or someone from bottom to top

the average height of the players on the volleyball team is well over six feet

Synonyms of height

altitude, elevation, inches, stature

Words Related to height

rise

highness, loftiness, tallness

4 an area of high ground

Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea

Synonyms of height

altitude(s), elevation, eminence, highland, hill, hump, mound, prominence, rise, upland

Words Related to height

alp, mount, mountain, peak

butte, mesa, plateau, table, tableland

bluff, cliff, crag, precipice, steep, tor

ridge, sierra

dome, sugarloaf

foothill, hillock, hummock, knob, knoll

downs

Near Antonyms of height

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

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

Antonyms of height

lowland

5 the most intense or characteristic phase of something

at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door

Synonyms of height

deep, depth, middle, midst, thick

Words Related to height

center, heart

Synonyms and Antonyms of height

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