Measuring a great distance from top to bottom; extending far upward; lofty, tall. Also: rising considerably from a surface (cf. high relief, n.).

Extending to a great height; elevated, lofty.

Reaching high into the sky; very high or tall. Also figurative.

High, lofty; exalted.

Steep, lofty: see brant, n. Obsolete.

= high, adj.: in various senses.

High, lofty; figurative haughty.

Tall, lofty, high; long.

Of things, as ships (spec. square-riggers), trees, mountains: High, lofty; esp. of things high in proportion to their width, as tall chimney, column…

That spires or rises up taperingly to a point; frequently poetic or rhetorical, soaring aloft or reaching to a great height. Of edifices, rocks, etc.

Having a tower or towers; adorned or defended by towers; bearing or surmounted by a tower; raised or rising on high like a tower.

(up-, prefix affix 3c affix 3c(b).)

Located high in the air, lofty. Hence: exalted, celestial.

Lofty, high; rare in lit. sense; figurative of high rank, character, or quality.

High, lofty (in literal sense). Obsolete. (Often with some shade of sense 1.)

figurative. Seeming to have no top or summit; immensely or immeasurably high; unbounded.

Extending to a great height in the air; of imposing altitude, towering.

Tall, lofty, high; long; = procere, adj.

so high as to ‘kiss’ or touch the sky.

In or of the sky; very tall, lofty; celestial. Obsolete.

High, lofty, towering.

Rising, tapering upward, soaring.

Extending far upwards as if reaching the sky; very tall.

Lofty, towering.

(a) raised on tiptoe; also figurative, rising aloft; (b) performed on tiptoe.

Chiefly poetic. Of a building, mountain, etc.: rising to a great height; lofty, towering. Now rare (archaic in later use).

Rising to a height; standing high; lofty.

Of imposing altitude; lofty, towering.

(cf. mountains high adv. at compounds 2a.)

That clambers, in various senses of the verb.

Appearing to touch or reach the sky; high, lofty. Obsolete. rare. poetic.

Rising to a lofty height; tower-like; towering; also figurative aspiring; exalted.

Of the nature or shape of a pyramid; of or relating to a pyramid or pyramids; pyramidal.

Of, relating to, located in, or emanating from the sky. Also figurative: lofty.

Leading to the sky; facing or moving towards the sky; heavenward.

Esp. of a building or mountain: of great height; so high as to appear to touch the sky. Also of a price: very high.

Upspringing, towering, lofty. Cf. exult, v. 1.

literal. That reaches or is able to reach to a great height.

rising up like a steeple; also figurative.

gen. Extending an exceptional distance upwards.

Chiefly in advertising or commercial contexts: = high, adj. Frequently in compounds, as hi-def, hi-res, hi-top. Compare lo, adj.