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skyhigh
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lofty |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, high-rise, lifted, raised, skyscraping, skyward, soaring, spiring, tall, towering |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | expensive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high-priced |
| Synonyms: | an arm and a leg, at a premium, big-ticket, costly, dear, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, fancy, high, highway robbery, holdup, immoderate, inordinate, invaluable, lavish, out of sight, overpriced, plush, posh, pretty penny, pricey, rich, ritzy, sky-high, steep*, stiff*, swank, too high, uneconomical, unreasonable, upscale, valuable |
| Antonyms: | cheap, inexpensive, low-priced, moderate, reasonable |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tall; at a great distance aloft |
| Synonyms: | aerial, alpine, altitudinous, big, colossal, elevated, eminent, flying, formidable, giant, gigantic, grand, great, high rise, high-reaching, hovering, huge, immense, large, lofty, long, sky-high, sky-scraping, soaring, steep, towering, tremendous, uplifted, upraised |
| Antonyms: | dwarfed, low, lowly, short, stunted |
| Main Entry: | lofty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high, elevated |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, high-rise, lifted, raised, sky-high, skyscraping, skyward, soaring, spiring, tall, towering |
| Antonyms: | below, beneath, low |
| Main Entry: | prohibitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | restrictive; beyond one's |
| Synonyms: | excessive, exorbitant, expensive, extortionate, financial means conditional, forbidding, high-priced, limiting, preposterous, preventing, prohibiting, proscriptive, repressive, restraining, sky-high, steep*, suppressive |
| Antonyms: | reasonable, unlimited, unrestrictive |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | soaring |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high |
| Synonyms: | aerial, ascending, climbing, elevated, flying, going through the ceiling, going through the roof, high-reaching, lofty, sky-high, steep, towering |
| Main Entry: | tall |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | high in stature, length |
| Synonyms: | alpine, altitudinous, beanstalk, big, elevated, giant, great, high-reaching, lank, lanky, lofty, rangy, sizable, sky-high, skyscraping, soaring, statuesque, towering |
| Antonyms: | little, low, short, small |
| Main Entry: | overabundant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | excessive |
| 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 |
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