Word Type

Noun

Verb

The word "ceiling" can be used as noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

floor

Typical Location

building chapel classroom house loft most architectural structures

Capable Of

leak metaphor sag

Defined As

top edge of room top of room or building top surface of room

Derived Terms

absolute ceiling acoustic ceiling bamboo ceiling brass ceiling cathedral ceiling ceil ceiling bird ceiling effect ceiling fan ceiling function ceiling paper ceilinged ceilingless ceilinglike ceilingward ceilingwards celluloid ceiling cloud ceiling cotton ceiling debt ceiling drop ceiling dropped ceiling flight ceiling floor-to-ceiling glass ceiling gray ceiling hit the ceiling lavender ceiling paper ceiling pink ceiling popcorn ceiling price ceiling rainbow ceiling scrape someone off the ceiling silver ceiling skill ceiling stipple ceiling subceiling through the ceiling tray ceiling

Derived From

ceil

Inflected/Variant Forms

ceil

Context

aviation mathematics meteorology nautical

Has Property

horizontal

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

altitude control height upper surface

Type Of (IsA)

altitude control else's floor higher than floor horizontal plane part of room upper surface

Part Of

hallway room

Related Terms

above integer overcast roof room shelter

Used For

being decorated being flat vaulted or peaked closing top of room cover covering room hang plants hang things lighting system or fan mounting lights painting supporting roof

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