- 4. Richly, luxuriously.
Highest good. Supreme good, greatest good (summum bonum).
High-fed, a. Pampered, lapped in luxury, fed on luxuries.
High-flavored, a. Pungent, piquant, high-seasoned.
High-flown, a.
- 1. Elevated, presumptuous, swollen, proud, lofty.
- 2. Extravagant, lofty, high-colored, over-drawn, overstrained.
- 3. Turgid, swollen, bombastic, pretentious, pompous, strained.
High-handed, a. Overbearing, oppressive, arbitrary, violent, despotic, wilful, self-willed.
Highland, n. Mountainous region.
Highlander, n. Mountaineer.
Highly, ad. Extremely, exceedingly, very much, in a great degree, in a high degree. See high, in its various senses.
High-mettled, a.
- 1. Fiery, spirited.
- 2. Ardent, high-spirited, proud, quick, fiery, intense, excitable. See high-strung, 2.
High-minded, a.
- 1. Proud, arrogant, haughty, lofty.
- 2. Noble, honorable, elevated, lofty, great-minded, magnanimous, high-toned, firm in principle.
High-priced, a. Costly, dear, high.
High-priest, n. Chief priest.
High-reaching, a.
- 1. Reaching upward, lofty, towering, heaven-kissing.
- 2. Ambitious, aspiring.