higher
Farther up vertically
Higher is the comparative form of high, indicating greater elevation, degree, or rank: The kite flew higher than the trees, higher taxes, higher education.
In drug slang, higher means more intoxicated: Each hit got him higher.
Higher-ups are people with more authority.
Aim higher encourages greater ambition.
Measured height above reference
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- peakUtmost height attained
- mountaintopSummit of a peak
- plateauFlat highland area
ridge · treeline · cliff · highlands · uplands · acclimatization · alpinism · foothills
Costing much money
- priceyCosting a lot
- premiumAdded cost for better
- inflationSustained price level increase
- surchargeExtra fee added
markup · exorbitant · costly · overpriced · steep · inflated · fee · tariff
Having greater power
- amplifyIncrease in strength
- boostUpward push or increase
- escalateIncrease in severity
- surgeSudden powerful increase
heighten · intensify · potent · powerful · extreme · acute · severe · concentrated
Higher in rank
- superiorHigher in rank
- promotionRank increase or publicity
- authorityPower to enforce obedience
- executiveSenior organizational leader
director · manager · supervisor · commander · general · admiral · colonel · captain
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- graduateOne who earned degree
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
- doctoralOf advanced academic study
degree · academia · undergraduate · master's · PhD · thesis · scholarship · faculty
upward
Toward a higher position
climb · rise · elevate · lift · overhead · aloft · soar · mount · upraise · heavenward
altitude
Measured height above reference
- summitPeak or diplomatic gathering
- peakUtmost height attained
- mountaintopSummit of a peak
plateau · ridge · treeline · cliff · highlands · uplands · acclimatization · alpinism · foothills · mesa
expensive
Costing much money
surcharge · markup · exorbitant · costly · overpriced · steep · inflated · fee · tariff · overhead
stronger
Having greater power
surge · heighten · intensify · potent · powerful · extreme · acute · severe · concentrated · louder
senior
Higher in rank
executive · director · manager · supervisor · commander · general · admiral · colonel · captain · hierarchy
university
Higher education institution
- collegeHigher education institution
- graduateOne who earned degree
- postgraduateScholar past undergraduate level
doctoral · degree · academia · undergraduate · master's · PhD · thesis · scholarship · faculty · campus
- comparisoncomparative, contrast, superlative, matching, positive
- Over/Under Wordsabove, below, beneath, overhead, underneath
- rankingsrankings, first, college rankings, second, third
- market movementsup, down, rising, falling, increase
- two-syllablesapple, baby, better, candle, chicken
- comparisonscomparison, compare, comparative, analogy, metaphor
- high schoolUpper secondary institution
- high heelsElevated women's shoes
- high fiveCongratulatory palm-to-palm gesture
- high tideMaximum sea level
- high hopesStrong optimistic expectations
- too highExceeding acceptable level
high, highest, highs, higher education, higher power, higher learning, higher consciousness, higher-order