high

Adjective

• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• happy and excited and energetic

• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

• standing above others in quality or position
  • people in high places
    
  • the high priest
    
  • eminent members of the community
    

• (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')
  • a high mountain
    
  • high ceilings
    
  • high buildings
    
  • a high forehead
    
  • a high incline
    
  • a foot high
    

• greater than normal in degree or intensity or amount
  • a high temperature
    
  • a high price
    
  • the high point of his career
    
  • high risks
    
  • has high hopes
    
  • the river is high
    
  • he has a high opinion of himself
    

Noun

• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

• a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12
  • he goes to the neighborhood highschool
    

• a high place
  • they stood on high and observed the countryside
    
  • he doesn't like heights
    

• a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics
  • they took drugs to get a high on
    

• a state of sustained elation
  • I'm on a permanent high these days
    

• an air mass of higher than normal pressure
  • the east coast benefits from a Bermuda high
    

• a lofty level or position or degree
  • summer temperatures reached an all-time high
    

Adverb

• far up toward the source
  • he lives high up the river
    

• in a rich manner
  • he lives high
    

• in or to a high position, amount, or degree
  • prices have gone up far too high
    

• at a great altitude
  • he climbed high on the ladder
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  mellow , gamey , gamy , in high spirits , high-pitched , eminent , high gear , senior high school , senior high , highschool , high school , heights , richly , luxuriously , high up
• Antonyms: 
  low , low-pitched , low spirits