Synonyms of the word altissimo


ALTISSIMOHIGH - HIGH-PITCHED

altissimo

  • n. (music) The highest register of a woodwind instrument, or a specific note in this register.

high

  • adj. Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty.
  • adj. Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
  • adj. Having a specified elevation or height; tall.
  • adj. Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character.
  • adj. Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive).
  • adj. Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality…
  • adj. (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time.
  • adj. (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing…
  • adj. Elevated in mood; marked by great merriment, excitement, etc.
  • adj. (of a lifestyle) Luxurious; rich.
  • adj. Lofty, often to the point of arrogant, haugty, boastful, proud.
  • adj. (of a body of water) With tall waves.
  • adj. Large, great (in quantity, value, force, energy, etc).
  • adj. (acoustics) Acute or shrill in pitch, due to being of greater frequency, i.e. produced by more rapid vibrations…
  • adj. (phonetics) Made with some part of the tongue positioned high in the mouth, relatively close to the palate.
  • adj. (card games) Greater in value than other cards, denominations, suits, etc.
  • adj. (of meat, especially venison) Strong-scented; slightly tainted/spoiled; beginning to decompose.
  • adj. (slang) Intoxicated; under the influence of a mood-altering drug, formerly (until the early 20th century)…
  • adj. (nautical, of a sailing ship) Near, in its direction of travel, to the (direction of the) wind.
  • adv. In or to an elevated position.
  • adv. In or at a great value.
  • adv. In a pitch of great frequency.
  • n. A period of euphoria, from excitement or from an intake of drugs.
  • n. A drug that gives such a high.
  • n. (informal) A large area of elevated atmospheric pressure; an anticyclone.
  • n. The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
  • n. An elevated place; a superior region; a height; the sky; heaven.
  • n. (card games) The highest card dealt or drawn.
  • v. (obsolete) To rise.
  • n. (obsolete) Thought; intention; determination; purpose.
  • v. To hie; to hasten.

high-pitched

  • adj. Of a sound, having a comparatively high pitch.

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