height

n.

1. Altitude

   altitude, elevation, extent upward, pitch, prominence, loftiness, highness, perpendicular distance, angular measurement, upright distance, tallness, stature; see also expanse, extent, length 2.

   Antonyms depth, breadth*, width. *

2. Climax

   crowning point, end, crisis; see climax, maximum, top 1.

3. An eminence

   rise, slope, alp; see hill, mountain 1.

height refers to distance from bottom to top a figurine four inches in height or to distance above a given level he dropped it from a height of ten feet; altitude and elevation refer especially to distance above a given level (usually the surface of the earth) and generally connote great distance the altitude of an airplane, the elevation of a mountain; stature refers especially to the height of a human being standing erect he was short in stature