“highest” is a form of
high
/haɪ/ adjective, adverb, noun, verb, proper noun
Also a form of hie
Forms higher highest highs highing highed heigh hi
- adjective Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty. “The balloon rose high in the sky. The wall was high. a high mountain”
- adjective Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
- adjective (baseball) Of a ball, above the batter's shoulders. “the pitch (or: the ball) was high”
- adjective Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
- adjective Having a specified elevation or height; tall. “three feet high three Mount Everests high”
- adjective Elevated in status, esteem, or prestige, or in importance or development; exalted in rank, station, or character. “The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.”
- adjective Most exalted; foremost. “the high priest, the high officials of the court, the high altar”
- adjective Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive). “high crimes, the high festival of the sun”
- adverb In or to an elevated position. “How high above land did you fly?”
- adverb In or at a great value. “Costs have grown higher this year again.”
- adverb At a pitch of great frequency. “I certainly can't sing that high.”
- noun (countable) A high point or position, literally (as, an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven) or figuratively (as, a point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best, greatest, most numerous, maximum, etc). “It was one of the highs of his career.”
- noun The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period. “Today's high was 32 °C.”
- noun (countable) A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs. “That pill gave me a high for a few hours, before I had a comedown.”
- noun (countable) A drug that gives such a high.
- noun (countable, meteorology, informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone. “A large high is centred on the Azores.”
- noun (countable, card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
- verb (obsolete) To rise. “The sun higheth.”
- proper noun A surname.
Synonyms
stoned haute hawt tall drunk heights senior high school senior high highschool high school high gear eminent high-pitched in high spirits gamey gamy mellow high up richly luxuriously
Antonyms
Etymology
From Middle English high, heigh, heih, from Old English hēah (“high, tall, lofty, high-class, exalted, sublime, illustrious, important, proud, haughty, deep, right”), from Proto-West Germanic *hauh (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *hauhaz (“high”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewk- (“to bend; crooked”).
Cognate with Scots heich (“high”), Yola heegh, heigh, heighe, hia, hie (“high”), North Frisian hoog, huuch (“high”), Saterland Frisian hooch, hoog (“high”), West Frisian heech (“high”), Alemannic German hooch (“high”), Central Franconian huh (“high”), Cimbrian hoach, hòach (“high”), Dutch hoog (“high”), German hoch (“high”), German Low German hooch (“high”), Limburgish hoeg (“high”), Luxembourgish héich (“high”), Mòcheno heach (“high”), Vilamovian huch (“high”), Yiddish הויך (hoykh, “high”), Danish høj (“high”), Faroese háur, høgur (“high”), Gutnish haugar (“high”), Icelandic hár (“high”), Norwegian Bokmål høg, høy (“high”), Norwegian Nynorsk høg, håg, hå (“high”), Swedish hög (“high”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍃 (hauhs, “high”), Vandalic *oas (“high”), Old French haut (“high”) (from Old High German hoh (“high”)); also with Ancient Greek Καύκᾰσος (Kaúkăsos, “Caucasus”), Latvian koks (“tree”), Lithuanian kúoka (“stick with thick end, pounder, pestle”), Bulgarian ку́ка (kúka, “hook”), Albanian çukë (“peak, summit, top”).
From Middle English hegen, heghen, heien, a conflation of Old English ġehēgan (“to perform, conduct”) (from Proto-West Germanic *hauwjan) and hēan (“to raise up, exalt”) (from *hauhijan), also influenced by heigh (“high”).
See hie.
Webster’s 1913
- verb To hie. [Obs.]
- adjective Elevated above any starting point of measurement, as a line, or surface; having altitude; lifted up; raised or extended in the direction of the zenith; lofty; tall; as, a high mountain, tower, tree; the sun is high.
- adjective Regarded as raised up or elevated; distinguished; remarkable; conspicuous; superior; --used indefinitely or relatively, and often in figurative senses, which are understood from the connection; as - (a) Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives. "The highest faculty of the soul." Baxter.
- adverb In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
Etymology [See Hie.]
Etymology [OE. high, hegh, hey, heh, AS. heáh, h; akin to OS. hh, OFries. hag, hach, D. hoog, OHG. hh, G. hoch, Icel. hr, Sw. hög, Dan. höi, Goth. hauhs, and to Icel. haugr mound, G. hügel hill, Lith. kaukaras.]
Sources: Wiktionary · WordNet 3.0 · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “high”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details