towering [tou-er-ing]
Main Entry:
tower [tou-er]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: rise above
Synonyms: ascend, be above, dominate, exceed, extend above, look down, look over, loom, mount, overlook, overtop, rear, soar, surmount, surpass, top, transcend
Main Entry: alpine
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: mountaintop; high altitude
Synonyms: aerial, elevated, high, high-reaching, in the clouds, lofty, montane, mountainous, rangy, snowcapped, soaring, towering
Main Entry: arise
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: get, stand, or go up
Synonyms: ascend, climb, jump, mount, move upward, pile out, rise, rise and shine, roll out, soar, stand, tower, turn out, wake up
Antonyms: lay, lie, sit
Main Entry: ascend
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: go up
Synonyms: arise, climb, escalate, float, fly, lift off, mount, move up, rise, scale, soar, sprout, take off, tower
Antonyms: decline, descend, go down, lower
Main Entry: ascension
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: going up
Synonyms: ascent, climbing, escalating, flying, mounting, rise, rising, scaling, soaring, towering
Notes: ascension is 'rising'; accension is 'kindling' or 'being kindled'
Antonyms: declension, decline, descendancy
Main Entry: climax
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: come to top; culminate
Synonyms: accomplish, achieve, break the record, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower
Antonyms: delve, dip, drop, fall off
Main Entry: elephantine
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: huge
Synonyms: behemothic, big, colossal, enormous, extensive, gargantuan, giant, gigantic, grand, great, humongous, immense, jumbo, large, mammoth, massive, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, titanic, towering
Main Entry: elevated
Part of Speech: adjective
Definition: raised up
Synonyms: aerial, high, high-rise, lifted, raised, stately, tall, towering, upheaved, uplifted, upraised, uprisen
Antonyms: base, decreased, dropped, lessened, lowered, lowly
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
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