High vs. Nigh
Highadjective
Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
Highadjective
Pertaining to (or, especially of a language: spoken in) in an area which is at a greater elevation, for example more mountainous, than other regions.
Highadjective
Above the batter's shoulders.
Highadjective
Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
Highadjective
Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
Highadjective
Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
Highadjective
Most exalted; foremost.
Highadjective
Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
Highadjective
Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith.
Highadjective
Advanced in complexity (and hence potentially abstract and/or difficult to comprehend).
Highadjective
(in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
Highadjective
(in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.
Highadjective
Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
Highadjective
(of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
Highadjective
Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haughty, boastful, proud.
Highadjective
(with "on" or "about") Keen, enthused.
Highadjective
With tall waves.
Highadjective
Large, great (in amount or quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
Highadjective
Having a large or comparatively larger concentration of (a substance, which is often but not always linked by "in" when predicative).
Highadjective
(acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations (wave oscillations).
Highadjective
(phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
Highadjective
(card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
Highadjective
(poker) Having the highest rank in a straight, flush or straight flush.
Highadjective
(of a card or hand) Winning; able to take a trick, win a round, etc.
Highadjective
Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
Highadjective
(slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century) usually alcohol, but now (by the mid 20th century) usually not alcohol but rather marijuana, cocaine, heroin, etc.
Highadjective
Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
Highadverb
In or to an elevated position.
Highadverb
In or at a great value.
Highadverb
In a pitch of great frequency.
Highnoun
A high point or position, literally or figuratively; an elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
Highnoun
A point of success or achievement; a time when things are at their best.
Highnoun
A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
Highnoun
A drug that gives such a high.
Highnoun
(informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
Highnoun
The maximum value attained by some quantity within a specified period.
Highnoun
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
Highnoun
(card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
Highnoun
(obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
Highverb
(obsolete) To rise.
Highverb
To hie; to hasten.
Highverb
To hie.
Highverb
To rise; as, the sun higheth.
Highadjective
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.
Highadjective
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
Highadjective
Elevated in character or quality, whether moral or intellectual; preëminent; honorable; as, high aims, or motives.
Highadjective
Possessing a characteristic quality in a supreme or superior degree; as, high (i. e., intense) heat; high (i. e., full or quite) noon; high (i. e., rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i. e., complete) pleasure; high (i. e., deep or vivid) color; high (i. e., extensive, thorough) scholarship, etc.
Highadjective
Exalted in social standing or general estimation, or in rank, reputation, office, and the like; dignified; as, she was welcomed in the highest circles.
Highadjective
Strong-scented; slightly tainted; as, epicures do not cook game before it is high.
Highadjective
Of noble birth; illustrious; as, of high family.
Highadjective
Acute or sharp; - opposed to grave or low; as, a high note.
Highadjective
Of great strength, force, importance, and the like; strong; mighty; powerful; violent; sometimes, triumphant; victorious; majestic, etc.; as, a high wind; high passions.
Highadjective
Made with a high position of some part of the tongue in relation to the palate, as ē (ēve), Ō (fŌd). See Guide to Pronunciation, 10, 11.
Highadjective
Very abstract; difficult to comprehend or surmount; grand; noble.
Highadjective
Costly; dear in price; extravagant; as, to hold goods at a high price.
Highadjective
Arrogant; lofty; boastful; proud; ostentatious; - used in a bad sense.
Highadverb
In a high manner; in a high place; to a great altitude; to a great degree; largely; in a superior manner; eminently; powerfully.
Highnoun
An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
Highnoun
People of rank or high station; as, high and low.
Highnoun
The highest card dealt or drawn.
Highnoun
a lofty level or position or degree;
Highnoun
an air mass of higher than normal pressure;
Highnoun
a state of sustained elation;
Highnoun
a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics;
Highnoun
a high place;
Highnoun
a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12;
Highnoun
a forward gear with a gear ratio giving high vehicle velocity for a given engine speed
Highadjective
greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount;
Highadjective
(literal meanings) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high');
Highadjective
standing above others in quality or position;
Highadjective
used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency
Highadjective
happy and excited and energetic
Highadjective
used of the smell of game beginning to taint
Highadjective
slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)
Highadverb
at a great altitude;
Highadverb
in or to a high position, amount, or degree;
Highadverb
in a rich manner;
Highadverb
far up toward the source;
Highadjective
of great vertical extent
Highadjective
(after a measurement and in questions) measuring a specified distance from top to bottom
Highadjective
far above ground, sea level, or another point of reference
Highadjective
extending above the normal level
Highadjective
(of an area) inland and well above sea level
Highadjective
performed at, to, or from a considerable height
Highadjective
(of latitude) close to 90°; near the North or South Pole
Highadjective
great, or greater than normal, in quantity, size, or intensity
Highadjective
of large numerical or monetary value
Highadjective
very favourable
Highadjective
extreme in religious or political views
Highadjective
(of a period or movement) at its peak
Highadjective
great in rank, status, or importance
Highadjective
ranking above others of the same kind
Highadjective
morally or culturally superior
Highadjective
(of a sound or note) having a frequency at the upper end of the auditory range
Highadjective
(of a singer or instrument) producing notes of relatively high pitch
Highadjective
feeling euphoric, especially from the effects of drugs or alcohol
Highadjective
(especially of food) unpleasantly strong-smelling because beginning to go bad
Highadjective
(of game) slightly decomposed and so ready to cook.
Highadjective
(of a vowel) produced with the tongue relatively near the palate.
Highnoun
a high point, level, or figure
Highnoun
a high-frequency sound or musical note
Highnoun
a high power setting
Highnoun
an area of high barometric pressure; an anticyclone.
Highnoun
top gear in a motor vehicle
Highnoun
a notably happy or successful moment
Highnoun
a state of high spirits or euphoria
Highnoun
high school
Highadverb
at or to a considerable or specified height
Highadverb
highly
Highadverb
at a high price
Highadverb
(of a sound) at or to a high pitch
Nighadjective
near, close by
Nighadjective
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Nighverb
(ambitransitive) to draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near
Nighadverb
Almost, nearly.
Nighpreposition
near; close to
Nighadjective
Not distant or remote in place or time; near.
Nighadjective
Not remote in degree, kindred, circumstances, etc.; closely allied; intimate.
Nighadverb
In a situation near in place or time, or in the course of events; near.
Nighadverb
Almost; nearly; as, he was nigh dead.
Nighverb
To draw nigh (to); to approach; to come near.
Nighpreposition
Near to; not remote or distant from.
Nighadjective
being on the left side;
Nighadjective
near in space or time
Nighadverb
near in time or place or relationship;
Nighadverb
(of actions or states) slightly short of or not quite accomplished; `near' is sometimes used informally for `nearly' and `most' is sometimes used informally for `almost';
Nigh
Nigh is a surname.
