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| Main Entry: | highest |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | topmost |
| Synonyms: | best, capital, chief, crown, head, maximum, most, paramount, preeminent, principal, superlative, supreme, tiptop, top, top-notch, uppermost, apical, maximal, zenithal |
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tall; at a great distance aloft |
| Synonyms: | aerial, alpine, big, colossal, elevated, eminent, flying, formidable, giant, gigantic, grand, great, huge, immense, large, lofty, long, soaring, steep, towering, tremendous, altitudinous, high rise, high-reaching, hovering, sky-high, sky-scraping, uplifted, upraised |
| Antonyms: | low, lowly, short, stunted, dwarfed |
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | extreme |
| Synonyms: | costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extraordinary, extravagant, grand, great, high-priced, lavish, luxurious, precious, rich, sharp, special, steep, stiff, strong, unusual, intensified |
| Antonyms: | inferior, mean, worthless |
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, chief, consequential, crucial, distinguished, eminent, essential, exalted, extreme, grave, influential, leading, necessary, noble, powerful, prominent, ruling, serious, significant, superior |
| Antonyms: | dishonorable, inferior, low, unimportant, worthless |
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very happy |
| Synonyms: | boisterous, cheerful, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, joyful, lighthearted, merry, psyched*, pumped*, bouncy |
| Antonyms: | depressed, down, low, upset |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intoxicated, drugged |
| Synonyms: | delirious, drunk, flying*, inebriated, spaced out*, stoned*, tipsy, doped, euphoric, freaked out, on a trip, potted, tanked |
| Antonyms: | sober |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrill, strong (on the senses) |
| Synonyms: | acute, high-pitched, loud, malodorous, penetrating, piercing, putrid, rancid, rank, sharp, smelly, soprano, strident, piping, reeking, treble |
| Antonyms: | low, soft, weak |
| Main Entry: | cardinal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important, key |
| Synonyms: | basal, basic, central, chief, essential, first, foremost, fundamental, highest, indispensable, leading, main, overriding, paramount, pivotal, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, vital, constitutive, greatest, overruling |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, minor, negligible, secondary, unimportant, inessential |
| Main Entry: | chief |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important, essential |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, cardinal, central, champion, consequential, controlling, crucial, effective, especial, first, foremost, grand, head, highest, key, leading, main, major, momentous, number one, outstanding, paramount, potent, predominant, preeminent, premier, primal, primary, prime, principal, ruling, significant, star, stellar, superior, supreme, telling, uppermost, vital, weighty |
| Antonyms: | minor, secondary, subordinate, unimportant, unnecessary, inessential |
| Main Entry: | foremost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | first in rank, order |
| Synonyms: | arch, champion, chief, front, head, heavy, highest, initial, leading, number one, original, paramount, preeminent, premier, primary, prime, principal, supreme, A-1*, A-number-1, at the cutting edge, at the leading edge, headmost, heavy stuff, heavyweight, hot stuff, hotdog, hotshot, inaugural, most important, primo |
| Antonyms: | inferior, last, least, lowest, secondary, unimportant |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important; chief |
| Synonyms: | arch, champion, first, foremost, front, highest, leading, main, pioneer, preeminent, premier, prime, principal, stellar, supreme, topmost |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, inferior, lower, second, secondary, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | leading |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | chief, superior |
| Synonyms: | arch, best, champion, dominant, dominating, famous, first, foremost, governing, highest, initial, main, noted, notorious, number one, outstanding, popular, preeminent, premier, primary, principal, prominent, ruling, stellar, top, well-known, greatest, headmost, inaugural |
| Antonyms: | inferior, last, subordinate, supplementary, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | most |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best, greatest |
| Synonyms: | better, biggest, greater, highest, largest, lion's share, max, maximum, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Antonyms: | least |
| Main Entry: | optimal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | optimum |
| Synonyms: | 24-carat, ace, best, capital, choice, excellent, flawless, highest, ideal, matchless, maximum, peak, peerless, perfect, select, superlative, top, A1, choicest, gilt-edge, greatest, most advantageous, most favorable, solid gold, world class |
| Main Entry: | optimum |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | best |
| Synonyms: | -carat, ace, capital, choice, excellent, flawless, highest, ideal, matchless, maximum, optimal, peak, peerless, perfect, select, superlative, A1, choicest, gilt-edge, greatest, most advantageous, most favorable, solid gold, world class |
| Antonyms: | least, worst, poorest |
| Main Entry: | premier |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | leading; original |
| Synonyms: | arch, beginning, champion, chief, earliest, first, foremost, head, highest, initial, main, opening, primary, prime, principal, inaugural |
| Antonyms: | inferior, minor |
| Main Entry: | primal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | primeval; primary |
| Synonyms: | aboriginal, ancient, central, chief, earliest, early, first, fundamental, highest, old, original, paramount, past, prehistoric, primitive, primordial, principal, pristine |
| Main Entry: | principal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | most important |
| Synonyms: | arch, capital, cardinal, champion, chief, controlling, crowning, dominant, essential, first, foremost, head, highest, incomparable, key, leading, main, major, matchless, maximum, outstanding, paramount, peerless, predominant, preeminent, premier, prevailing, primary, prime, prominent, sovereign, star, stellar, superior, supreme, transcendent, unapproachable, unequaled, unparalleled, unrivaled, greatest, mainline, second-to-none, strongest, supereminent |
| Notes: | principle means fundamental, as in beliefs or truths or understandings and it is always a noun; principal can be a noun or adjective meaning chief or of first importance |
| Antonyms: | auxiliary, extra, least, lesser, minor, secondary, trivial, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | sovereign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dominant, effective |
| Synonyms: | absolute, autonomous, chief, commanding, effectual, efficacious, excellent, highest, imperial, independent, lofty, majestic, overbearing, paramount, predominant, predominate, preponderant, prevalent, principal, regal, regnant, reigning, royal, ruling, supreme, unlimited, ascendant, directing, guiding, monarchal, monarchial, self-governed |
| Antonyms: | inferior, submissive, subservient |
| Main Entry: | superlative |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excellent, first-class |
| Synonyms: | accomplished, all-time*, best, capital, consummate, crack, effusive, exaggerated, excessive, extreme, finished, highest, inflated, magnificent, matchless, optimum, outstanding, peerless, superb, supreme, transcendent, unparalleled, unrivaled, unsurpassed, winning, A-1*, gilt-edge, greatest, hundred-proof, of highest order, standout, surpassing, tops, unexcelled, world-class |
| Antonyms: | low, lowest, poor, second-class |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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