Roget's Thesaurus. Peter Mark Roget

      #206. Height. — N. height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness &c. adj.; sublimity. tallness &c. adj.; stature, procerity[obs3]; prominence &c. 250. colossus &c. (size) 192; giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard. mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle[obs3], fell, knap[obs3]; cape; headland, foreland[obs3]; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights &c. (summit), 210; knob, loma[obs3], pena [obs3][U.S.], picacho[obs3], tump[obs3]; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig[obs3], tor[obs3], peak, pike, clough[obs3]; 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[obs3]; batophobia[obs3]. 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[obs3]; 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[obs3], perching. upland, moorland; hilly, knobby [U.S.]; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing; cloudtopt[obs3], cloudcapt[obs3], cloudtouching[obs3]; aerial. overhanging &c. v.; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent[obs3], supernatant, superimposed; prominent &c. c. 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[obs3]; upstairs, abovestairs[obs3]; 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].

      #207. Lowness. — N. lowness &c. adj.; debasement, depression, prostration &c. (horizontal) 213; depression &c. (concave) 252. molehill; lowlands; basement floor, ground floor; rez de chaussee[Fr]; cellar; hold, bilge; feet, heels. low water; low tide, ebb tide, neap tide, spring tide. V. be low &c. adj.; lie low, lie flat; underlie; crouch, slouch, wallow, grovel; lower &c. (depress) 308. Adj. low, neap, debased; nether, nether most; flat, level with the ground; lying low &c. v.; crouched, subjacent, squat, prostrate &c. (horizontal) 213. Adv. under; beneath, underneath; below; downwards; adown[obs3], at the foot of; under foot, under ground; down stairs, below stairs; at a low ebb; below par.

      #208. Depth. — N. depth; deepness &c. adj.; profundity, depression

       &c. (concavity) 252.

       hollow, pit, shaft, well, crater; gulf &c. 198; bowels of the earth,

       bottomless pit[obs3], hell.

       soundings, depth of water, water, draught, submersion; plummet, sound,

       probe; sounding rod, sounding line; lead.

       bathymetry.

       [instrument to measure depth] sonar, side-looking sonar;

       bathometer[obs3].

       V. be deep &c. adj.; render deep &c. adj.; deepen.

       plunge &c. 310; sound, fathom, plumb, cast the lead, heave the lead,

       take soundings, make soundings; dig &c. (excavate) 252.

       Adj. deep, deep seated; profound, sunk, buried; submerged &c. 310;

       subaqueous, submarine, subterranean, subterraneous, subterrene[obs3];

       underground.

       bottomless, soundless, fathomless; unfathomed, unfathomable; abysmal;

       deep as a well; bathycolpian[obs3]; benthal[obs3], benthopelagic[obs3];

       downreaching[obs3], yawning.

       knee deep, ankle deep.

       Adv. beyond one's depth, out of one's depth; over head and ears; mark

       twine, mark twain.

      #209. Shallowness. — N. shallowness &c. adj.; shoals; mere scratch.

       Adj. shallow, slight, superficial; skin deep, ankle deep, knee deep;

       just enough to wet one's feet; shoal, shoaly[obs3].

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      #210. Summit. — N. summit, summity|; top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith,

       pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height,

       pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point;

       turn of the tide, fountain head; water shed, water parting; sky, pole.

       tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib; end &c. 67; crown,

       brow; head, nob[obs3], noddle[obs3], pate; capsheaf[obs3].

       high places, heights.

       topgallant mast, sky scraper; quarter deck, hurricane deck.

       architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus[obs3], capital,

       epistyle[obs3], sconce, pediment, entablature[obs3]; tympanum; ceiling &c.

       (covering) 223.

       attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story.

       [metaphorical use] summit conference, summit; peak of achievement,

       peak of performance; peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys [in graphs].

       V. culminate, crown, top; overtop &c. (be superior to) 33.

       Adj. highest &c. (high &c. 206); top; top most, upper most; tiptop;

       culminating &c. v.; meridian, meridional[obs3]; capital, head, polar,

       supreme, supernal, topgallant.

       Adv. atop, at the top of the tree.

       Phr. en flute; fleur deau[Fr].

      #211. Base. — N. base, basement; plinth, dado, wainscot; baseboard, mopboard[obs3]; bedrock, hardpan [U.S.]; foundation &c. (support) 215; substructure, substratum, ground, earth, pavement, floor, paving, flag, carped, ground floor, deck; footing, ground work, basis; hold, bilge. bottom, nadir, foot, sole, toe, hoof, keel, root; centerboard. Adj. bottom, undermost, nethermost; fundamental; founded on, based on, grounded on, built on.

      #212. Verticality. — N. verticality; erectness &c. adj.;

       perpendicularity &c. 216a; right angle, normal; azimuth circle.

       wall, precipice, cliff.

       elevation, erection; square, plumb line, plummet.

       V. be vertical &c. adj.; stand up, stand on end, stand erect, stand

       upright; stick up, cock up.

       render vertical &c. adj.; set up, stick up, raise up, cock up; erect,

       rear, raise on its legs.

       Adj. vertical, upright, erect, perpendicular, plumb, normal, straight,

       bolt, upright; rampant; standing up &c. v.; rectangular, orthogonal &c.

       216a.

       Adv. vertically &c. adj.; up, on end; up on end, right on end; a

       plomb[Fr], endwise; one one's legs; at right angles.

      #213. Horizontality. — N. horizontality[obs3]; flatness; level,

       plane; stratum &c. 204; dead level, dead flat; level plane.

       recumbency, lying down &c. v.; reclination[obs3], decumbence[obs3];

       decumbency[obs3], discumbency|; proneness &c. adj.; accubation[obs3],

       supination[obs3], resupination[obs3], prostration; azimuth.

       plain, floor, platform, bowling green; cricket