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- [nee hahy]
- /ni haɪ/
- /niː haɪ/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [nee hahy]
- /ni haɪ/
Definitions of knee-high word
- adjective knee-high as high as the knees. 1
- noun knee-high knee-highs, Also, knee highs, knee-hi's, knee his. socks, stockings, or boots that cover the lower legs to just below the knees. 1
- adjective knee-high socks; also knee-length 1
- adjective knee-high mud/grass 1
- adjective knee-high Something that is knee-high is as tall or high as an adult's knees. 0
- adjective knee-high as high as the knee 0
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Origin of knee-high
First appearance:
before 1735 One of the 48% newest English words
An Americanism dating back to 1735-45
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Knee-high
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
knee-high popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 34% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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Synonyms for knee-high
adj knee-high
- diminutive — small; little; tiny: a diminutive building for a model-train layout.
- baby — A baby is a very young child, especially one that cannot yet walk or talk.
- pocket — a shaped piece of fabric attached inside or outside a garment and forming a pouch used especially for carrying small articles.
- lilliputian — extremely small; tiny; diminutive.
- miniature — a representation or image of something on a small or reduced scale.
Antonyms for knee-high
adj knee-high
- giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- large — of more than average size, quantity, degree, etc.; exceeding that which is common to a kind or class; big; great: a large house; a large number; in large measure; to a large extent.
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
See also
Matching words
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