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skyscraping
[skahy-skrey-ping] 
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high
[hahy]
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| 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: | 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: | 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: | sky-high |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | lofty |
| Synonyms: | aerial, airy, high-rise, lifted, raised, skyscraping, skyward, soaring, spiring, tall, towering |
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