Height
Nouns
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height, altitude, elevation
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eminence, pitch
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loftiness etc. adj.
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sublimity. tallness etc. adj.
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stature, procerity
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prominence etc. Convexity. colossus etc. (size) Size
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giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard. mount, mountain
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hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle, fell, knap
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cape
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headland, foreland
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promontory
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ridge, hog's back, dune
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rising ground, vantage ground
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down
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moor, moorland
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Alp
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uplands, highlands
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heights etc. (summit) Summit
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knob, loma, pena [U.S.], picacho, tump
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knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole
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steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough
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escarpment, edge, ledge, brae
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dizzy height. tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola
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skyscraper. pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff
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top mast, topgallant mast. ceiling etc. (covering) Covering. high water
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high tide, flood tide, spring tide. altimetry etc. (angel) Angularity
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batophobia. satellite, spy-in-the-sky.
Verbs
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be high etc. adj.
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tower, soar, command
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hover, hover over, fly over
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orbit, be in orbit
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cap, culminate
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overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount
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perch, surmount
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cover etc. Covering
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overtop etc. (be superior) [Supremacy.] Superiority
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stand on tiptoe. become high etc. adj.
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grow higher, grow taller
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upgrow
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rise etc. (ascend) [Motion upwards] Ascent
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send into orbit. render high etc. adj.
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heighten etc. (elevate) Elevation.
Adjectives
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high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall
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gigantic etc. (big) Size
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Patagonian
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towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens)
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elevated etc. Elevation
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upper
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highest etc. (topmost) Summit
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high reaching, insessorial, perching. upland, moorland
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hilly, knobby [U.S.]
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mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing
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cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching
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aerial. overhanging etc. v.
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incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed
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prominent etc. v. Convexity. tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky etc. (thin) Narrowness. Thinness.
Adverbs
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on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead
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airwind
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upstairs, abovestairs
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in the clouds
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on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of
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over head and ears
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breast high. over, upwards
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from top to bottom etc. (completely) Completeness.