loftiness &c adj.; sublimity.
tallness &c adj.; stature, procerity†; prominence &c 250.
colossus &c (size) 192; giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard.
mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle†, fell, knap†;
cape; headland, foreland†; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising
ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands;
heights &c (summit) 210; knob, loma†, pena [U.S.], picacho†, tump†;
knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff,
craig†, tor†, peak, pike, clough†; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy
height.
tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret,
campanile, turret, dome, cupola; skyscraper.
pole, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff; top mast, topgallant mast.
ceiling &c (covering) 223.
high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide.
altimetry &c (angel) 244 [Obs.]; batophobia†.
satellite, spy-in-the-sky.
V. be high &c adj.; tower, soar, command; hover, hover over, fly over;
orbit, be in orbit; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend,
beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover &c 223; overtop
&c (be superior) 33; stand on tiptoe.
become high &c adj.; grow higher, grow taller; upgrow†; rise &c
(ascend) 305; send into orbit.
render high &c adj.; heighten &c (elevate) 307.
Adj. high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall; gigantic &c (big)
192; Patagonian; towering, beetling, soaring, hanging (gardens);
elevated &c 307; upper; highest &c (topmost) 210; high reaching,
insessorial†, perching.
upland, moorland; hilly, knobby [U.S.]; mountainous, alpine,
subalpine, heaven kissing; cloudtopt†, cloudcapt†, cloudtouching†;
aerial.
overhanging &c v.; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent†,
supernatant, superimposed; prominent &c v. 250.
tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, lanky &c
(thin) 203.
Adv. on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead; airwind†;
upstairs, abovestairs†; in the clouds; on tiptoe, on stilts, on the
shoulders of; over head and ears; breast high.
over, upwards; from top to bottom &c (completely) 52.
Phr. e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto [It].