Higher

//ˈhaɪ.ə// adj, adv, noun, verb

adj, adv, noun, verb ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A national school-leaving examination and university entrance qualification. Scotland
Verb
  1. 1
    To make higher; to raise or increase in amount or quantity. transitive

    "It is a fact that other countries have not followed our example, nay, that they have in fact, in some cases, highered the duties upon the admission of our goods. But what has been the result of that policy upon the amount of your exports?"

  2. 2
    To ascend. intransitive
Adjective
  1. 1
    comparative form of high: more high comparative, form-of
Adjective
  1. 1
    of education beyond the secondary level wordnet
  2. 2
    advanced in complexity or elaboration wordnet
Adverb
  1. 1
    comparative form of high: more high comparative, form-of

Synonyms

All synonyms
a cut aboveaboveaheadascendantbettercapping

Antonyms

All antonyms
lower

Example

More examples

"Banks charge higher interest on loans to risky customers."

Related phrases

Coity HigherHigher BockhamptonHigher BuxtonHigher HeyshamHigher HurstHigher MacdonaldLlanrhidian HigherNewcastle Higheradvanced higherhigher-orderhigher-speed railabove over

More for "higher"

SynonymsSentencesPronunciationTranslate

Next best steps

Find stronger synonymsSee usage examplesCheck pronunciationBrowse writing guides

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.