loftier
Rising above others
Loftier is the comparative form of lofty—higher, more elevated, or more exalted.
Mountains can be loftier than hills, but the word more often describes abstract height: loftier ambitions, loftier ideals, loftier rhetoric.
The comparison sometimes carries a note of pretension: His goals grew loftier as his means grew smaller.
height
More elevated in position
- tallerOf greater stature
- toweringOf imposing height
- elevatedRaised above usual level
- soaringRising effortlessly upward
rising · ascending · skyward · overhead · upper · summit · peak · altitude
arrogant
More disdainfully proud
higher
More elevated in position
soaring · rising · ascending · skyward · overhead · upper · summit · peak · altitude · aerial
nobler
More morally elevated
haughtier
More disdainfully proud
grander
More magnificent or impressive