| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rise above |
Synonyms: |
ascend, be above, dominate, exceed, extend above, look down, look over, loom, mount, overlook, overtop, rear, soar, surmount, surpass, top, transcend |
| Main Entry: | towering |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge, excessive |
Synonyms: |
aerial, airy, colossal, elevated, extraordinary, extravagant, extreme, fantastic, gigantic, great, high, immoderate, imperial, imposing, impressive, inordinate, intense, lofty, magnificent, massive, mighty, monumental, outstanding, paramount, preeminent, prodigious, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, stately, stupendous, sublime, superior, supreme, surpassing, tall, towery, transcendent, tremendous, ultimate, undue, unmatchable, unmeasurable |
Antonyms: |
dwarfed, little, minor, short, small, tiny |
| Main Entry: | alpine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mountaintop; high altitude |
Synonyms: |
aerial, elevated, high, high-reaching, in the clouds, lofty, montane, mountainous, rangy, snowcapped, soaring, towering |
| Main Entry: | arise |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get, stand, or go up |
Synonyms: |
ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up |
Antonyms: |
lay, lie, sit |
| Main Entry: | ascend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go up |
Synonyms: |
arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower |
Antonyms: |
decline, descend, go down, lower |
| Main Entry: | ascension |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | going up |
Synonyms: |
ascent, climbing, escalating, flying, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, soaring, towering |
| Notes: | ascension is 'rising'; accension is 'kindling' or 'being kindled' |
Antonyms: |
declension, decline, descendancy |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to top; culminate |
Synonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, break the record, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower |
Antonyms: |
delve, dip, drop, fall off |
| Main Entry: | elephantine |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | huge |
Synonyms: |
behemothic, big, colossal, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, humongous, immense, jumbo, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, titanic, towering |
| Main Entry: | elevated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | raised up |
Synonyms: |
aerial, high, high-rise, lifted, raised, stately, tall, towering, upheaved, uplifted, upraised, uprisen |
Antonyms: |
base, decreased, dropped, lessened, lowered, lowly |
| Main Entry: | excessive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | too much; overdone |
Synonyms: |
boundless, disproportionate, dissipated, dizzying, enormous, exaggerated, exorbitant, extra, extravagant, extreme, immoderate, indulgent, inordinate, intemperate, limitless, more, needless, over, overboard, overkill, overmuch, plethoric, prodigal, profligate, recrementitious, redundant, self-indulgent, sky-high, steep, stiff, stratospheric, super, superabundant, superfluous, supernatural, too many, towering, unbounded, unconscionable, undue, unmeasurable, unreasonable, way out |
Antonyms: |
insufficient, moderate, reasonable, underdone |