high
adj 1: greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount; "a
high temperature"; "a high price"; "the high point of
his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "high
winds"; "the river is high" [ant: {low}]
2: (literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or
specific elevation or upward extension; "a high mountain";
"high ceilings"; "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a
high incline"; "a foot high"; sometimes used in
combination; "knee-high grass" [ant: {low}]
3: standing above others in quality or position; "people in
high places"; "the high priest"; "eminent members of the
community" [syn: {eminent}]
4: used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency [syn:
{high-pitched}] [ant: {low}]
5: excited as if by alcohol or drugs [syn: {in high spirits}]
6: incoming; "flood tide"; "high tide" [syn: {flood(a)}] [ant:
{ebb(a)}]
7: of the stage of education and schools preceding collegiate;
"secondary school"; "high school" [syn: {secondary(a)}]
[ant: {elementary(a)}, {intermediate(a)}]
8: advanced into the most active period; "went to Europe in
high season"
9: marked by intense physical force; "a big wind"; "high winds"
[syn: {big}]
10: used of the smell of game beginning to taint [syn: {gamey},
{gamy}]
11: very favorable; "he has a high opinion of himself"
12: slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug
especially marijuana [syn: {mellow}]
n 1: a lofty level or position or degree: "summer temperatures
reached an all-time high" [ant: {low}]
2: an air mass of higher than normal pressure; "the east coast
benefits from a Bermuda high" [syn: {high pressure}]
3: a state of sustained elation; "his high spirits told us he
must have won"; "I'm on a permanent high these days" [syn:
{high spirits}] [ant: {low spirits}]
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" or "he doesn't like heights" [syn: {heights}]
6: a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through
12; "he goes to the neighborhood highschool" [syn: {senior
high school}, {senior high}, {highschool}, {high school}]
7: a forward gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a
given engine speed [syn: {high gear}]
adv 1: at a great altitude; "he climbed high on the ladder" [syn: {high
up}]
2: in or to a high position, amount, or degree; "prices have
gone up far too high"
3: in a rich manner; "he lives high" [syn: {richly}, {luxuriously}]
4: far up toward the source; "he lives high up the river"