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high-rise

[hahy-rahyz] / ˈhaɪˌraɪz /
ADJECTIVE
elevated
Synonyms
STRONGEST
raised
STRONG
aerial high lifted tall towering upheaved uplifted upraised uprisen
WEAK
stately
Antonyms
STRONG
dwarfed little low short small
WEAK
base decreased dropped lessened lowered lowly undignified
ADJECTIVE
heightened
Synonyms
STRONG
lifted raised towering upheaved uplifted upraised uprisen
WEAK
aerial high stately tall
ADJECTIVE
high
Synonyms
STRONGEST
big great huge immense large lofty long soaring steep tremendous
STRONG
aerial elevated giant grand
WEAK
alpine altitudinous colossal eminent formidable gigantic high-reaching hovering sky-high sky-scraping towering uplifted upraised
Antonyms
STRONGEST
little low miniature minute short small teeny tiny
WEAK
dwarfed insignificant stunted
ADJECTIVE
lofty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
soaring towering
WEAK
aerial airy lifted raised sky-high skyscraping skyward spiring tall
Antonyms
WEAK
below beneath humble low modest unobtrusive
ADJECTIVE
sky-high
Synonyms
STRONGEST
skyward
WEAK
aerial airy lifted raised skyscraping soaring spiring tall towering
NOUN
skyscraper
Synonyms
STRONG
superstructure tower
WEAK
high-rise building
NOUN
tower
Synonyms
STRONG
belfry castle citadel column fort fortification fortress keep lookout mast minaret monolith obelisk pillar refuge skyscraper spire steeple stronghold turret
WEAK
cloud buster

Example Sentences

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In Marin County, some have cried foul over planned high-rise apartments.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

An Instagram post on March 7 from Dubai’s official tourism account featured slick visuals of the emirate’s landmark high-rise buildings overlaid with a catchy pop-soundtrack that declares: “Dubai is still the safest place on Earth.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 17, 2026

Electricity is turned off for hours on end to ration supplies, and more than 1,000 of Kyiv's 12,000 high-rise residential buildings have been without heating for the past month after a heating station was destroyed.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Oceanwide Plaza was supposed to be a trio of gleaming, high-rise mixed-use towers in the heart of downtown Los Angeles.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2026

He doesn’t live in a broken-down high-rise apartment.

From "Paradise on Fire" by Jewell Parker Rhodes

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.