brow

Main Entry:
brow [brou]
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: forehead
Synonyms: countenance, eyebrow, face, frons, front, mien, temple, top
Main Entry: height
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: altitude, top part
Synonyms: acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, loftiness, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, solstice, stature, summit, tallness, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith
Antonyms: bottom, depth, lowness
Main Entry: peak
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: top of something
Synonyms: aiguille, alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex
Notes: peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate'
Antonyms: base, bottom, nadir
Main Entry: rim
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: border; top edge
Synonyms: band, brim, brink, brow, circumference, confine, curb, end, fringe, hem, ledge, limit, line, lip, margin, outline, perimeter, periphery, ring, skirt, strip, terminus, top, verge
Antonyms: center, middle
Related Words
Main Entry: height
Part of Speech: noun
Related
Adjectives:
aerial, alpine, altitudinarian, altitudinous, altivolant, attolent, beetling, bird's, cloud, elevated, eminent, exalted, gigantic, hanging, heaven, highest, hilly, incumbent, lanky, lofty, moorland, mountainous, overhanging, overlying, patagonian, prominent, rampant, soaring, stilted, sub, superincumbent, superior, supernatant, tall, tall as a Maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, terraced, towering, upland, upper
Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Front.
Category: 3. Centrical dimensions; special
Synonyms:
-nouns
front; fore, forepart; foreground; face, disk, disc, frontage; facade, proscenium, facia, frontispiece; anteriority; obverse [of a medal or coin]., fore rank, front rank; van, vanguard; advanced guard; outpost; first line; scout., brow, forehead, visage, physiognomy, phiz, countenance, mug; rostrum, beak, bow, stem, prow, prore, jib., pioneer (precursor); metoposcopy.
-verbs
be in front, stand in front; front, face, confront; bend forwards; come to the front, come to the fore.
-adjectives
fore, anterior, front, frontal.
-adverbs
before; in front, in the van, in advance; ahead, right ahead; forehead, foremost; in the foreground, in the lee of; before one's face, before one's eyes; face to face, vis-a-vis; front a front.
-phrases
formosa muta commendatio est [Syrus]; frons est animi janua [Cicero]; "Human face divine" [Milton]; imago animi vultus est indices oculi [Cicero]; "sea of upturned
Antonyms: rear
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Concept Thesaurus
Concept: Height.
Category: 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS
Synonyms:
-nouns
height, altitude, elevation; eminence, pitch; loftiness; sublimity., tallness; stature, procerity; prominence., colussus (size); giant, grenadier, giraffe, camelopard., mount, mountain; hill alto, butte [U.S.], monticle, fell, knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hog's back, dune; rising ground, vantage ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights (summit), [more]; knob, loma, pena [U.S.], picacho, tump; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound, mole; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig, tor, peak, pike, clough; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae; dizzy height, dizzying height., tower, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola., pole, pikstaff, maypole, flagstaff; top mast, topgallant mast., ceiling (covering)., high water; high tide, flood tide, spring tide., altimetry (angel); batophobia.
-verbs
be high; tower, soar, command; hover; cap, culminate; overhang, hang over, impend, beetle, bestride, ride, mount; perch, surmount; cover; overtop (be superior); stand on tiptoe., become high; grow higher, grow taller; upgrow; rise (ascend)., render high; heighten (elevate).
-adjectives
high, elevated, eminent, exalted, lofty, tall; gigantic (big); Patagonian; towering, beetling, soaring, hanging [gardens]; elevated; upper; highest (topmost); high reaching, insessorial, perching., upland, moorland; hilly, knobby [U.S.]; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven kissing; cloudtopt, cloudcapt, cloudtouching; aerial., overhanging ; incumbent, overlying, superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed; prominent., tall as a maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple; lanky (thin).
-adverbs
on high, high up, aloft, up, above, aloof, overhead; airwind; upstairs, abovestairs; in the clouds; on tiptoe, on stilts, on the shoulders of; over head and ears; breast high., over, upwards; from top to bottom (completely).
-phrases
e meglio cader dalle finistre che dal tetto ["It is better to fall from the window than from the roof" (Italian)].
Antonyms: lowness
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