height

noun

ˈhīt How to pronounce height (audio)
Definition of heightnext
1
as in zenith
the highest part or point many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangelo's career

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as in depth
the most extreme or advanced point the student's defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence

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as in elevation
the distance of something or someone from bottom to top the average height of the players on the volleyball team is well over six feet

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as in hill
an area of high ground Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea

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as in midst
the most intense or characteristic phase of something at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door

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How does the noun height contrast with its synonyms?

The words altitude and elevation are common synonyms of height. While all three words mean "vertical distance either between the top and bottom of something or between a base and something above it," height refers to something measured vertically whether high or low.

a wall two meters in height

How do altitude and elevation relate to one another, in the sense of height?

Both altitude and elevation apply to height as measured by angular measurement or atmospheric pressure; altitude is preferable when referring to vertical distance above the surface of the earth or above sea level; elevation is used especially in reference to vertical height on land.

fly at an altitude of 10,000 meters
Denver is a city with a high elevation

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Recent Examples of height Kuniev is giving up about three inches of height in this battle. — Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026 Control systems, wind monitoring, installation planning and maintenance support also affect how safely and efficiently heavy components can be positioned at height. — Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 24 Oct. 2026 The style acts to elongate the legs, creating the illusion of height. — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 24 Oct. 2026 Gorgeous double-height ceilings, perfect parquets, and almost enough room to fit your grand piano. — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for height
Recent Examples of Synonyms for height
  1. zenith
  2. depth
  3. elevation
  4. hill
  5. midst
  6. pinnacle
  7. limit
  8. altitude
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  • After rendezvous this morning, Dragon will autonomously dock to the zenith port on the station's Harmony module.
    — Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Zara, which has been upping its retail game in recent years, has taken things to a new zenith in Paris, taking over a historic mansion in the Marais district to showcase the first Re{form} Zara collection designed by John Galliano.
    — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2026
Definition of zenith
Noun
  • The epicenter was approximately 21 miles west of Petrolia, at a depth of 12 miles.
    — CA Earthquake Bot, Sacbee.com, 25 Oct. 2026
  • For one game, against the Chargers on Sunday at Arrowhead, the Chiefs dug into their depth chart and got significant contributions from the next men up in a 22-6 victory.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of depth
Noun
  • Portions of southwest Colorado and southeast Utah saw two to four inches, whereas areas with higher elevations, like the San Juan Mountains, got up to six inches.
    — Ava Berger, NPR, 24 Oct. 2026
  • Climate change is also shifting suitable oyamel habitats to higher elevations, threatening populations on lower mountains that may eventually lack the conditions needed to support the trees.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Oct. 2026
Definition of elevation
Noun
  • On a slight hill, wooden bench swings hover over the ground, overlooking many of the park’s trails.
    — Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 23 Oct. 2026
  • Just a half-hour north of San Diego, the property is comprised of over 600 acres of hills, meadows, Japanese gardens, and citrus groves, including 30 miles of private hiking trails and five acres of bio-intensive gardens.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of hill
Noun
  • Lunch is not a social meal at the hotel, as patients are often in the midst of treatments, many of which can be exhausting.
    — D. T. Max, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026
  • In the midst of the carnage, Herbst seemed to have hit the wall and lost his ability to hit the brakes.
    — Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of midst
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  • This is followed by pilot projects, which, if successful, would then be scaled up across entire departments, until finally the company reaches the pinnacle of maturity with entire ways of working reimagined for an AI-ready future.
    — Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 20 Oct. 2026
  • This being a pinnacle, if invitation-only, event of the country music calendar, star power was ever present.
    — Joseph Hudak, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of pinnacle
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  • There’s nothing off limits here, nothing too garish to clash with saxophone and strings.
    — Kieran Press-Reynolds, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Existing apartments also would not be subject to the rent limits until five years after they were built.
    — Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN Money, 25 Oct. 2026
Definition of limit
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  • The instigating weather system bringing the risk to the Southwest is an upper-level low — or a high altitude pocket of cold air, low pressure and spin.
    — Jamie Ross, Washington Post, 21 Oct. 2026
  • The design could eventually scale up to a high altitude platform system (HAPS) capable of lifting payloads as heavy as 551 pounds (250 kilograms).
    — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of altitude

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