All highland synonyms
high·land
H h noun highland
- tableland — an elevated and generally level region of considerable extent; plateau.
- table — an article of furniture consisting of a flat, slablike top supported on one or more legs or other supports: a kitchen table; an operating table; a pool table.
- stage — a single step or degree in a process; a particular phase, period, position, etc., in a process, development, or series.
- soaring — an act or instance of soaring.
- lift — to move or bring (something) upward from the ground or other support to a higher position; hoist.
- ascension — In some religions, when someone goes to heaven, you can refer to their ascension to heaven.
- plateau — a land area having a relatively level surface considerably raised above adjoining land on at least one side, and often cut by deep canyons.
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- moorland — an area of moors, especially country abounding in heather.
- elevation — The action or fact of elevating or being elevated.
- eminence — Fame or recognized superiority, esp. within a particular sphere or profession.
- esker — A long ridge of gravel and other sediment, typically having a winding course, deposited by meltwater from a retreating glacier or ice sheet.
- land — Edwin Herbert, 1909–91, U.S. inventor and businessman: created the Polaroid camera.
adj highland
- alpine — Alpine means existing in or relating to mountains, especially the ones in Switzerland.
- big — A big person or thing is large in physical size.
- colossal — If you describe something as colossal, you are emphasizing that it is very large.
- gigantic — very large; huge: a gigantic statue.
- huge — extraordinarily large in bulk, quantity, or extent: a huge ship; a huge portion of ice cream.
- mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- tall — having a relatively great height; of more than average stature: a tall woman; tall grass.
- towering — very high or tall; lofty: a towering oak.