Lofty

//ˈlɒfti//

Synonyms for "lofty" (282 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (57)

Strong matches (84)

Related words (141)

Related word relations

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

8 relation types

Antonyms

2 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

1 entries

derived

6 entries

derived from

1 entries

etymologically related_to

1 entries

related to

12 entries

similar

3 entries

Translations

92 translations across 27 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • ὑψηλός adj (high, having great height or stature)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَاهِق adj (high, having great height or stature)

Armenian

1 entries
  • վեհ adj (idealistic)

Bulgarian

4 entries
  • висо́к adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • високоме́рен adj (extremely proud)
  • възвишен adj (idealistic)
  • изди́гнат adj (high, having great height or stature)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 崇高 adj (idealistic)
  • adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • 巍峨 adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • 遠大 /远大 adj (idealistic)

Czech

4 entries
  • povýšenecký adj (extremely proud)
  • povýšený adj (extremely proud)
  • tyčící se do výše adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • ušlechtilý adj (idealistic)

Dutch

2 entries
  • ambitieus adj (idealistic)
  • hoogstaand adj (high, having great height or stature)

Finnish

3 entries
  • kopea adj (extremely proud)
  • korkea adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • ylevä adj (idealistic)

French

1 entries
  • haut adj (high, having great height or stature)

Galician

4 entries
  • altivo adj (extremely proud)
  • arrogante adj (extremely proud)
  • elevado adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • elevado adj (idealistic)

German

4 entries
  • ambitioniert adj (idealistic)
  • hoch adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • hochgesteckt adj (idealistic)
  • hochmütig adj (extremely proud)

Greek

1 entries
  • αγέρωχος adj (extremely proud)

Hebrew

4 entries
  • גבה לב gvá-lev adj (extremely proud)
  • גבוה gavoha adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • יהיר yahir adj (extremely proud)
  • מתנשא mitnassé adj (extremely proud)

Italian

3 entries
  • alto adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • maestoso adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • nobile adj (idealistic)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 崇高な adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • 立派な adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • 素晴らしい adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • 高尚な adj (high, having great height or stature)

Korean

2 entries
  • 높다 adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • 높다 adj (idealistic)

Latin

2 entries
  • celsus adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • excelsus adj (high, having great height or stature)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ви́сок adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • во́звишен adj (idealistic)
  • го́рделив adj (extremely proud)
  • и́здигнат adj (high, having great height or stature)

Manx

1 entries
  • ard-aignagh adj (idealistic)

Māori

3 entries
  • paratū adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • tikoke adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • tīkokekoke adj (high, having great height or stature)

Old English

2 entries
  • hēalīċ adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • hēalīċ adj (extremely proud)

Polish

3 entries
  • szczytny adj (idealistic)
  • wysoki adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • wzniosły adj (idealistic)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • altivo adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • ambicioso adj (idealistic)
  • majestoso adj (high, having great height or stature)

Romanian

3 entries
  • măreț adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • măreț adj (idealistic)
  • semeț adj (extremely proud)

Russian

4 entries
  • возвели́ченный adj (idealistic)
  • возвы́шенный adj (idealistic)
  • высо́кий adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • высо́кий adj (idealistic)

Spanish

4 entries
  • alto adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • elevado adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • majestuoso adj (high, having great height or stature)
  • sublime adj (high, having great height or stature)

Swahili

1 entries
  • refu adj (high, having great height or stature)

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

That's to me like a flower on lofty heights.

Source: tatoeba (41647)

The world loves to blacken the radiant and to pull the lofty into the dust.

Source: tatoeba (2818768)

This mountain isn't a lofty one.

Source: tatoeba (2840104)

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.

Source: tatoeba (3081338)

Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.

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