
hidden | hidden: adj. concealed, secret, obscure(d), occult, veiled, cryptic, recondite, arcane, covert, esoteric, unseen, private: Was this an ordinary shopping list or did it have some hidden meaning?
hide� | hide�: v. 1 conceal, secrete, cache, squirrel away; go underground, take cover, lie low, go into hiding, lurk, go to ground, drop out of sight, go into hiding, hibernate, latibulize, Colloq hide out, hole up, lie low, Brit lie doggo: Hide the sweets where the children won''t find them. I found a place to hide under the stair. 2 conceal, cover, mask, camouflage, disguise, veil, shroud, screen, cover up, keep secret: He managed to hide his embarrassment. 3 eclipse, blot out, obscure, block: The clouds hid the moon as we made good our escape. 4 suppress, hush (up), repress, silence, keep quiet or secret: She hid all knowledge of the crime.
hide� | hide�: n. 1 pelt, skin, fell, leather, fur, fleece: Once tanned and dyed, the hide was made into clothing. --v. 2 flog, whip, lash, flail, beat, thrash: The masters took great satisfaction in hiding the boys.
hideaway | hideaway: n. refuge, retreat, sanctuary, hide-out, hiding-place, lair, (safe) haven, Colloq hole, Brit hidey-hole or hidy-hole: My brother and I would crawl into our hideaway and pretend we were being held prisoner by pirates.
hidebound | hidebound: adj. strait-laced, conventional, ultra-conventional, conservative, reactionary, rigid, set (in one''s ways), narrow-minded, close-minded, inflexible, intractable, uncompromising, restricted, cramped, bigoted, intolerant: She''s too much of a hidebound disciplinarian to rescind the punishment.
hideous | hideous: adj. 1 grotesque, ugly, repulsive, revolting, repellent, monstrous, beastly, gorgonian, unsightly, ghastly, disgusting, grisly, nauseating, nauseous, sickening, gruesome: Suddenly, a hideous face appeared at the kitchen window. 2 foul, abhorrent, heinous, horrifying, appalling, outrageous, abominable, vile, shocking, loathsome, contemptible, hateful, odious, atrocious, horrific, beastly, damnable, execrable: Two hideous crimes were committed here last night.
high | high: adj. 1 tall, lofty, elevated, towering: High mountains surround the valley. 2 extreme, excessive, extraordinary, exorbitant, outrageous, Colloq steep, stiff: Houses in that district are fetching high prices. 3 costly, dear, expensive, high-priced: Shares are not as high as they were before the crash. 4 great, huge, enormous, considerable, strong; violent, turbulent: These wires carry high voltages. The high winds blew down trees. 5 exalted, elevated, lofty, superior, high-class: With insider trading, theft became a high art in the financial world. 6 consequential, important, grave, serious, weighty, momentous, heinous; capital: His activities constitute high treason. 7 high-pitched, high-frequency, squeaky, acute, treble, soprano; shrill, strident, sharp, penetrating, piercing, ear-splitting: The higher notes make my radio speaker vibrate. She has an irritatingly high voice. 8 cheerful, exuberant, elated, boisterous, exhilarated, hilarious, merry, excited: I find his persistent high spirits rather depressing. 9 euphoric, intoxicated, inebriated, drunk, drugged, Colloq loaded, tipsy, turned on, on a trip, Slang stoned, spaced out, Brit squiffy, US spacy, squiffed: They got high sniffing glue. 10 gamy, tainted, aged, ripe, Slang Brit pongy: He likes to hang venison till it is quite high. 11 chief, leading, important, principal, foremost: He regards himself as the high priest of women''s fashion. 12 elaborate, luxurious, grand, extravagant, lavish, rich, prodigal, sybaritic: With her millions she can now enjoy the high life. 13 considerable, favourable, great: She is held in high esteem by her colleagues. --adv. 14 far up; great in extent: Daedalus warned Icarus not to fly so high. I was willing to go as high as 20,000 for the painting. --n. 15 peak, record, height, maximum, acme, apex: Employment is expected to reach a high next summer. 16 intoxication, altered consciousness: The high lasts till the drug wears off. 17 anticyclone: The high passing over the country will bring fair weather.
highbrow | highbrow: n. 1 scholar, intellectual, savant, sage, mastermind, genius; aesthete, connoisseur, Colloq egghead, brain: Many who pretend to deride highbrows secretly envy them. --adj. 2 scholarly, intellectual, learned, erudite, deep, bookish, cultured, sophisticated, cultivated, aesthetic, Colloq brainy: Books on philosophy are too highbrow for the market we cater to.
high-class | high-class: adj. 1 first-rate, superior, better, top-drawer, Colloq tops, tiptop, A-one or A-1, super, great: He has had the benefit of a high-class education. 2 aristocratic, upper-class, �lite, select, exclusive; upper crust, fancy, Brit county, US and Canadian tony, Slang classy: She says she comes from a high-class family.
highly | highly: adv. 1 greatly, much, tremendously, well, enthusiastically, warmly, immensely, hugely: Her play was highly praised by all the critics. 2 very, extremely, quite, exceptionally, extraordinarily, incomparably, decidedly: It is highly unlikely that I shall come to your party. 3 favourably, well, enthusiastically, approvingly, warmly, praisefully: They seem to think highly of him at the office. 4 well, influentially, powerfully, strongly, authoritatively, effectively, importantly: I have the information from a highly placed government official.
hilarious | hilarious: adj. funny, side-splitting, humorous, comical, amusing, entertaining, mirthful; merry, gay, jolly, jovial, cheerful, cheery, joyous, joyful, rollicking, uproarious; Colloq hysterical: Binky told me a hilarious story about his aunt''s pet boa constrictor. We had a hilarious time at your party.
hilarity | hilarity: n. laughter, gaiety, joviality, jollity, merriment, mirth, exuberance, glee, boisterousness, cheerfulness, joyfulness, jubilation, elation, revelry, conviviality, high spirits, vivacity, exhilaration: Thurgood did not join in the hilarity of his retirement party.
hill | hill: n. 1 elevation, rise, highland, mound, prominence, promontory, eminence, knoll, hillock, hummock, height, foothill, tor, mount, upland, downs or downland, Scots brae, No. Brit fell, W Brit tump, US and Canadian butte: The house is on a hill overlooking the valley. 2 heap, pile, mound, stack; mountain: By the autumn, the hill of compost had reached six feet in height. 3 slope, incline or decline, acclivity or declivity, gradient or esp. US grade, US upgrade or downgrade: Are you sure this car can make it up the next hill?
hinder | hinder: v. 1 hamper, delay, interrupt, impede, interfere with, foil, thwart, frustrate, forestall, bar, stymie, check, balk or baulk, encumber, obstruct, handicap, set or keep or put or hold back, defer, retard, restrain, slow, postpone: The difficulty of the task should not hinder the attempt. 2 stop, prevent, check, preclude, arrest; discourage, deter, inhibit, obviate: Does the threat of capital punishment hinder people from committing murder?
hindrance | hindrance: n. 1 obstruction, impediment, snag, check, obstruction, barrier, obstacle, restraint, drawback, hitch, stumbling-block, deterrent, encumbrance: The only hindrance to the plan is Phyllis''s disapproval of it. 2 prevention, curb, limitation: The presence of police cars serves as a hindrance to speeding motorists.
hint | hint: n. 1 suggestion, clue, implication, inkling, indication, tip, tip-off, intimation, allusion, innuendo, insinuation; pointer, help, advice: The quiz-master gave me a hint and I got the answer at once. 2 trace, suggestion, touch, taste, breath, dash, soup�on, whiff, undertone, tinge, whisper: Which government has ever served without any hint of scandal? --v. 3 suggest, imply, indicate, tip (off), intimate, allude, insinuate, mention, clue, cue, signal, refer, advert: She hinted that I might appeal to her sister.
hip | hip: adj. informed, aware, knowledgeable, knowing, perceptive, alert, in or up on, onto, Colloq wise (to), with it, cool, Old-fashioned hep: He''s not hip to what they''re saying about him and Carrie.
hippie | hippie: n. bohemian, Old-fashioned drop-out, beatnik, beat, longhair, flower child or person, hipster: A few hippies were playing their guitars at the street corner.
hire | hire: v. 1 engage, employ, take on, appoint, enlist, sign on: Alexandra had to hire more people to get all the work done. 2 rent, lease, engage, charter: We hired a car for the day. 3 hire out. rent (out), lease (out), let (out), charter (out): I hire out my boat by the day. --n. 4 rent, lease, charter, letting: Do you have bicycles for hire by the day? 5 (hire) charge, cost, fee, price, rate, rent, rental: How much is the hire of a horse by the hour?
hiss | hiss: n. 1 hissing, sibilance: Serpents and geese make a sound like a hiss. 2 catcall, jeer, boo, hoot, Slang raspberry, US Bronx cheer: The villain was greeted by hisses from the audience. --v. 3 boo, hoot, jeer, deride, mock, taunt, decry, disparage: The workers hissed and booed the speaker.
historic | historic: adj. momentous, important, noteworthy, significant, red-letter, notable, celebrated, distinguished, prominent, great, consequential, signal, unforgettable, memorable: We are gathered here to commemorate a historic event.
historical | historical: adj. factual, true, verifiable, reliable, real, authentic, recorded, documented: The historical truth of what actually happened on that day has been obscured by legends.
history | history: n. 1 account, story, record, description, depiction, portrayal, representation, telling, retelling, recital, narration, narrative, relation, retailing: Washington Irving''s Knickerbocker''s History of New York begins with the creation of the world. 2 news, summary, recapitulation, report, intelligence, information: The history of these events is recounted in a book by Robinson. 3 past, background, life; experiences, adventures, story, biography: This woman appears to have had a rather curious history. The history of your years in Polynesia would make an interesting book. 4 record, experience, information, biography, CV or curriculum vitae, US r�sum�: Your entire work history should be included in your application. 5 chronicle, annals, record, account: The history of Parliamentary debate can be traced through Hansard. 6 ancient history, the past, yesterday, the (good old) days, days of yore, olden days, yesteryear, antiquity: What can history tell us about the future? 7 dead letter, yesterday''s news, old hat: Any animosity I might have felt towards him is now history.
hit | hit: v. 1 strike, cuff, smack, knock, whack, bash, bang, thump, thwack, punch, buffet, slap, swat, bludgeon, club, smite; spank, thrash, beat, pummel, batter, flog, scourge, birch, cane, lash, belabour, flagellate, whip, horsewhip, cudgel, Archaic fustigate; Colloq belt, wallop, clobber, clout, sock, clip, crown, bop, conk, paste, lambaste, zap: She hit him on the jaw and he went down. 2 strike, bat, swat, knock, drive, propel: He hit the ball over the heads of the fielders. 3 strike, collide or impact with, run or smash or crash into, bump or bang into: The car went off the road and hit a tree. 4 affect, touch, stir, move, wound, hurt, strike or hit home, make or leave an impression or a mark on, (make an) impact (on): The new taxes hit the wealthy more than the poor. 5 dawn on, enter one''s mind, occur to, strike: It finally hit Graham that he had been insulted. 6 reach, attain, arrive at, gain, achieve: Those who have hit eighty know the meaning of old age. She hit the jackpot this week. 7 experience, encounter, meet (with): It was at that point that we hit a snag in the negotiations. 8 Also, hit up. importune, beseech, petition, beg, implore, entreat, ask for: As usual, Guthrie hit me for a loan as soon as we met. 9 hit on or upon. a come or happen or chance or light on or upon, discover, find, uncover, unearth, stumble or blunder on or upon, arrive at: After years of experimentation, the Curies hit upon pitchblende as a source of radium. b devise, think of or up, invent, dream up, come up with, work out, see, perceive, detect, discern, find: I have hit upon a way to counteract the force of gravity. --n. 10 impact, collision; blow, punch, knock, strike, swat, shot, smack, bump, bang, Colloq whack, thwack, conk, bop, sock: The weakness of the hit caused only a slight dent in my car door. The boxer reeled after a hard hit to the midriff. 11 success, triumph, coup, winner, sensation, Colloq smash (hit), sell-out: After opening in the West End the musical became a hit on Broadway. 12 kick, jolt, thrill, Slang charge, US rush, bang: Give me a hit off that reefer.
hitch | hitch: v. 1 connect, couple, fasten, attach, join, harness, tie, unite, hook (up), link, fix: When I arrived, she was hitching the horses to the wagon. 2 Often, hitch up. raise, pull up, hike (up), tug (up), hoist, yank, jerk, Brit hoick: He hitched up his trousers, tucked in his shirt, and tightened his belt. 3 hitchhike, thumb a lift or ride, Colloq US bum a ride: I had no money and no car, so I hitched here from Newcastle. --n. 4 snag, catch, difficulty, trouble, problem, mishap, handicap, entanglement, interference, impediment, hindrance, obstruction, obstacle: The entire plan went off without any hitch.
