1. (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like ‘knee-high’)
   "high buildings"; "a high forehead"; "a high incline"; "a foot high"; "a high mountain"; "high ceilings"
    
2. Greater than normal in quantity or amount
   "the high point of his career"; "high risks"; "has high hopes"; "the river is high"; "he has a high opinion of himself"; "a high temperature"; "a high price"
    
3. Standing above others in quality or position
   "people in high places"; "the high priest";
   - eminent, prominent
    
4. Used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
   "The soprano's high notes were crystal clear"; "The high-pitched whine of the mosquito was annoying";
   - high-pitched
    
5. Happy and excited and energetic
   "The team was in high spirits after their victory";
   - in high spirits
    
6. [informal] Slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
   "They were feeling high after smoking a joint";
   - mellow [informal]
    
7. (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted
   "The high smell of the cheese was overwhelming";
   - gamey, gamy

1. At a great altitude
   "he climbed high on the ladder";
   - high up
    
2. In or to a high position, amount, or degree
   "prices have gone up far too high"
    
3. Far up toward the source
   "he lives high up the river"
    
4. In a rich and lavish manner
   "he lives high";
   - lavishly, richly, extravagantly, luxuriously

1. A lofty level, position or degree
   "summer temperatures reached an all-time high"
    
2. A high place
   "they stood on high and observed the countryside";
   - heights
    
3. An air mass of higher than normal pressure
   "the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high"
    
4. A state of sustained elation
   "I'm on a permanent high these days"
    
5. [informal] A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
   "they took drugs to get a high on"
    
6. [N. Amer, informal] A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
   "he goes to the neighbourhood senior high school";
   - senior high school [N. Amer], senior high [N. Amer], highschool, high school
    
7. A forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
   "He shifted into high gear as he merged onto the highway";
   - high gear

Sounds like: heroin, heroinehigh

Derived forms: highs, highest, higher

See also: adenoidal, advanced, altissimo, altitudinous, alto, broad, cock-a-hoop [informal], commanding, countertenor, degree, dominating, drunk, elated, eminent, falsetto, full, gleeful, gleesome [archaic], gone, grade, graduate, height, high-altitude, higher, high-level, high-stepped, high-stepping, high-top, high-topped, ill-smelling, inebriate, inebriated, intoxicated, joyful, jubilant, last, level, lofty, malodorous, malodourous [Brit, Cdn, non-standard], minging [Brit, informal], nasal, niffy [Brit, informal], on top of the world [informal], overlooking, peaky, pinched, pitch, pongy [Brit, informal], postgrad [informal], postgraduate, prominent, ripped [informal], screaky, screechy, sharp, shrill, skunked [informal], soaring, sopranino, soprano, spiky, squeaking, squeaky, squealing, steep, stinky [informal], superior, tall, tallness, tenor, top, towering, treble, unpleasant-smelling, up, upper, whiffy [Brit, informal]

Type of: air mass, degree, elation, gear, gear mechanism, grade, Gymnasium, level, lycée, lyceum, middle school, place, secondary school, spot, topographic point

Antonym: low, low spirits

Part of: anticyclone, auto [informal], autocar [archaic], automobile [N. Amer], car, motor [Brit, informal], motorcar, wheel [informal], whip [US, informal]

Encyclopedia: High, Martha