High and Low

High

High adjective - Extending to a great distance upward.
Usage example: as the highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest is mountaineering's holy grail

Low is an antonym for high in topics: extreme, important, tall, cheerful, high-pitched.

Nearby Word: highly

Low

Low adjective - Belonging to or characteristic of an early level of skill or development.
Usage example: once considered the latest thing, electric typewriters now look like low technology indeed

High is an antonym for low in topics: dejected, low-lying, short, crude, depressed.

How words are described

emotional emotional high emotional low
good good high good low
high high high high low
expressive expressive high expressive low
Other adjectives: short, responsive, single, real, big, easy, moral, ultimate, new, temporary, next, all-time.

Both words in one sentence

  • A set of high or low walls appear, and they will jump them if the walls are high.
    Source: Horse Jump
  • He'll usually knock you out of any combos, and even when you DO make him stagger (usually a low or high attack does it) he'll Substitute out of it, THEN combo YOU!
  • Nerf In the earliest version of Fallout 1 a player with high Barter skill could buy/sell things for ridiculously low/high prices.
    Source: Nerf
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