Above

/əˈbʌv/

Synonyms for "above" (159 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (32)

a cut aboveabove allabove and beyondabovestairsadditionallyagainaheadairwardall includedaloftaloofalsoaltogetheramong other thingsand alland alsoand soanteas wellascendant
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at bottomat the same timeatopau restebefore
Preposition(6 words)
aforementionedaloftas aboveas mentioned aboveas noted aboveas stated above
Noun(1 words)

Strong matches (48)

Noun(3 words)
development over timefrost over overnighthigher than
Adjective(2 words)
dominant authority over studentseconomic change over time
Preposition(6 words)
earlier statedexceedingforegoinggreatergreater thanhigher
Adverb(2 words)
higher upin a higher place

Related words (79)

in the airin the ascendantin the cloudsinter aliainto the bargainitemlikewisemainlymajormarkedmoremoreoverof choiceonon highon stiltson the peakon the sideon tiptoeon top of
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Noun(4 words)
influence on policynumbers over people biassteady long term trendwaterfall over the rocks
Determiner(1 words)
more number-system concepts
Preposition(10 words)
more thanon top ofoveroverheadprecedingpreviously mentionedpreviously statedsurpassingupperupward
Verb(1 words)
rise above water
Adjective(2 words)
spanish pastunrelated to physics
Adverb(2 words)
suprato a higher place

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

14 entries
comparative relationdemonstrative determinerdocumentary referencenumerical relationpositional descriptorpositional relationquantitative relationquantitative thresholdsectionspatial markerspatial relationstatistical measuresubdivisiontextual reference

More specific

22 entries
above 5 percentabove averageabove sea levelabove targetabove the horizonabove thresholdabove-averageabove-cited figureabove-mentionedabove-mentioned sectionabove-thresholdaforementionedaloftas noted aboveas stated aboveforegoing

Showing 16 of 22 words.

Collocations

16 entries
above allabove and beyondabove averageabove baselineabove freezingabove groundabove sea levelabove the baselineabove the thresholdabove thresholdabove-citedabove-discussedabove-mentionedabove-namedabove-statedas above

Derivations

3 entries

Antonyms

1 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

34 translations across 21 languages.

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Arabic

1 entries
  • أَكْثٰر prep (more)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • освен това prep (more)
  • още повече prep (more)

Dutch

2 entries
  • meer dan prep (more)
  • over prep (more)

Finnish

3 entries
  • yli adv (more)
  • yli prep (more)
  • ylle prep (out of reach, heightwise)

French

1 entries
  • plus de prep (more)

German

1 entries
  • über prep (more)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • מעל prep (more)

Latin

2 entries
  • super prep (more)
  • suprā prep (more)

Marathi

1 entries
  • आणखी prep (more)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • zêdeyî prep (more)

Norwegian

1 entries
  • over prep (more)

Polish

1 entries
  • ponad prep (more)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • acima de prep (more)
  • mais de prep (more)
  • mais que prep (more)

Russian

1 entries
  • свы́ше prep (more)

Scots

2 entries
  • aboon prep (more)
  • abune prep (more)

Slovak

2 entries
  • nad prep (more)
  • za prep (more)

Slovene

1 entries
  • nad prep (more)

Spanish

2 entries
  • fuera de alcance prep (out of reach, heightwise)
  • sobre prep (more)

Tamil

3 entries
  • மேலே adv (more)
  • மேலே prep (out of reach, heightwise)
  • மேலே prep (more)

Turkish

1 entries
  • daha prep (more)

Walloon

2 entries
  • dipus ki prep (more)
  • pus ki prep (more)

Sample sentences

37 total sentences available.

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Excuse me; allow me to point out three errors in the above article.

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You must be above such mean conduct.

Source: tatoeba (16618)

Your English composition is above the average.

Source: tatoeba (17134)

The bridge is one mile above.

Source: tatoeba (18984)

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