Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922.
Class II. Words Relating to SpaceSection II. Dimensions
2. Linear Dimensions
206. Height.
TALLNESS &c. adj.; stature, procerity [rare]; prominence [See Convexity]; apex, zenith, culmination.
COLOSSUS (size) [See Size]; giant, grenadier; giraffe, camelopard.
HEIGHT, mount, mountain; hill, alto [Sp.], butte [U. S.], monticule, monticle [obs.], fell [obs. exc. in proper names], knap; cape; headland, foreland; promontory; ridge, hogback or hog’s-back, dune, rising -, vantage- ground; down; moor, moorland; Alp; uplands, highlands; heights &c. (summit) [See Height]; knob, loma [U. S.], pena [U. S.], picacho [Sp.], tump [dial.]; knoll, hummock, hillock, barrow, mound; steeps, bluff, cliff, craig [Scot.], tor, peak, pike [dial.], clough [obs.]; escarpment, edge, ledge, brae [Scot. & dial. Eng.]; dizzy height.
TOWER, pillar, column, obelisk, monument, belfry, steeple, spire, minaret, campanile, turret, dome, cupola; pylon, tourelle [F.], barbican, martello tower; pyramid, pagoda, mole [Rom. antiq.].
ceiling (covering) [See Covering]; upstairs.
POLE, pikestaff, maypole, flagstaff; mast, mainmast, topmast, topgallant mast.
HIGH WATER; high -, flood -, spring-tide.
HYPSOGRAPHY, hypsometry, hypsometer, altimeter, altimetry (angle) [See Angularity]; hypsophobia.
BECOME HIGH &c. adj.; grow, grow higher, grow taller; upgrow; rise (ascend) [See Ascent].
RENDER HIGH &c. adj.; heighten (elevate) [See Elevation].
tall as a -maypole, – poplar, – steeple; lanky (thin) [See Narrowness, Thinness].
UPLAND, moorland; hilly, knobby [U. S.]; mountainous, alpine, subalpine, heaven-kissing; cloud-topt, cloud-capt, cloud-touching; aërial.
OVERHANGING &c. v.; incumbent, overlying; superincumbent, supernatant, superimposed; prominent [See Convexity].
HYPSOGRAPHIC, hypsographical, hypsometric, hypsometrical.
over, upwards; from top to bottom (completely) [See Completeness].