heights

noun

plural of height
1
as in pinnacles
the highest part or point many regard the painting of the Sistine Chapel as the height of Michelangelo's career

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2
as in depths
the most extreme or advanced point the student's defiant use of a cell phone during class was regarded by the professor as the height of insolence

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3
as in hills
an area of high ground Gulliver, standing on a height near the shore, saw an island suspended above the sea

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4
as in midsts
the most intense or characteristic phase of something at the very height of the storm, someone knocked on the door

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Recent Examples of heights The zoning change would be necessary to build a development of that scale because local zoning guidelines for the downtown area cap building heights at four stories. — Alexandra Murphy, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 Now, 15 years later, Cook has catapulted the company to stratospheric heights by forging his own path. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 31 Aug. 2026 The 5-foot-8, 195 pound running back wanted to break school records and be the local star that helped drive William Jewell to new heights. — Pj Green august 30, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026 Larger wind turbines require cranes to handle heavier components at greater heights. — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026 Directed by Yan Lanouette Turgeon, the film stars Remi Goulet as the F1 car legend and charts his ascent to the dizzying heights of elite car racing, well before Villeneuve’s tragic death at Zolder in 1982. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2026 None of them matter, not to a president who has taken self-interest to new heights. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026 But what truly took the event to new heights was the way the ladies from the other franchises reacted to being on Kyle’s turf. — Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 24 Aug. 2026 Even in the face of all that pressure, the shows — which debuted the tour’s four revolving setlists — were wildly successful, with tributes to Peart helping one of rock’s most cerebral bands hit new heights of emotional impact. — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for heights
  1. pinnacles
  2. depths
  3. hills
  4. midsts
  5. tops
  6. limits
  7. mounds
  8. middles
Noun
  • Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.
    — Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026
Definition of pinnacles
Noun
  • As Moore piloted a research boat last month, the largest Great Lake was calm and pancake flat, its water so clear the bottom could be seen at multiple depths.
    — Michael Hawthorne, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2026
  • The depths of all four are consistent with fractures and voids documented at nearby sites.
    — Nolan Roth, Scientific American, 23 Aug. 2026
Definition of depths
Noun
  • Instead, he’s spent August anxiously watching the orange skies from his house in the northern Nevada hills through two consecutive and adjacent wild-land fires, the Bug and Hawk Fires.
    — Anya Kamenetz, Curbed, 28 Aug. 2026
  • According to Leoguar Electric Bikes, a company that sells e-bikes, commuters can go 4 to 10 mph faster on e-bikes than pedal bikes, and when used on hills, 8 to 11 mph faster.
    — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of hills
Noun
  • Though that region was dubbed the whisky capital of the world in the Victorian Era – with more than 30 distilleries in its midsts – today Glen Scotia is one of just three that remain.
    — Brad Japhe, Forbes.com, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of midsts
Noun
  • The orange and red blobs in the satellite view above show storms with the coldest and tallest cloud tops that are likely raining.
    — Sophie Tanno, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Cover loosely with cloths and let rise again; when dough has risen, place pans in preheated 350-degree oven for 35 to 40 minutes or until tops of loaves are light brown.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of tops
Noun
  • This award recognized the engineering that helped concrete arch construction move past limits that had held back similar projects for decades.
    — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Depleted underground aquifers and limits on the state’s draw of water from Lake Michigan could constrain data center growth.
    — David Greising, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of limits
Noun
  • Phenomenal™ lavender thrives where other lavender plants fail – tolerating humidity, heat, and even clay soil, all while producing mounds of fragrant foliage and dazzling blooms.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The dough isn’t rolled or cut; instead, spoonfuls of soft biscuit dough are dropped directly over the fruit, forming crisp, golden mounds with fluffy centers.
    — Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2026
Definition of mounds
Noun
  • House flies are about 1/4 inch long with four dark stripes down their middles.
    — Arricca Elin SanSone, Southern Living, 27 June 2026
  • Point Loma’s middles dominated, with 6-foot-5 Trevor Rutt and 6-4 Waylon Lundeen taking advantage of the undersized Cardinals.
    — Tim Meehan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Definition of middles

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“Heights.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/heights. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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