Словарь синонимов английского языка - high

(adj) 1. tall, lofty, elevated, towering: High mountains surround the valley. 2. extreme, excessive, extraordinary, exorbitant, outrageous, Colloq steep, stiff: Houses in dhat district are fetching high prices. 3. costly, dear, expensive, high-priced: Shares are not as high as they were before the crash. 4. great, huge, enormous, considerable, strong; violent, turbulent: These wires carry high voltages. The high winds blew down trees. 5. exalted, elevated, lofdy, superior, high-class: With insider trading, theft became a high art in the financial world. 6. consequential, important, grave, serious, weighty, momentous, heinous; capital: His activities constitute high treason. 7. high-pitched, high-frequency, squeaky, acute, treble, soprano; shrill, strident, sharp, penetrating, piercing, ear-splitting: The higher notes make my radio speaker vibrate. She has an irritatingly high voice. 8. cheerful, exuberant, elated, boisterous, exhilarated, hilarious, merry, excited: I find his persistent high spirits rather depressing. 9. euphoric, intoxicated, inebriated, drunk, drugged, Colloq loaded, tipsy, turned on, on a trip, Slang stoned, spaced out, Brit squiffy, US spacy, squiffed: They got high sniffing glue. 10. gamy, tainted, aged, ripe, Slang Brit pongy: He likes to hang venison till it is quite high. 11. chief, leading, important, principal, foremost: He regards himself as the high priest of women's fashion. 12. elaborate, luxurious, grand, extravagant, lavish, rich, prodigal, sybaritic: With her millions she can now enjoy the high life. 13. considerable, favourable, great: She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. -(adv) 14. far up; great in extent: Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly so high. I was willing do go as high as 20,000 for the painting. -(n) 15. peak, record, height, maximum, acme, apex: Employment is expected to reach a high next summer. 16. intoxication, altered consciousness: The high lasts dill the drug wears off. 17. anticyclone: The high passing over the country will bring fair weather.