Word Meanings - ABOVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20. 2. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in

Additional info about word: ABOVE

1. In or to a higher place; higher than; on or over the upper surface; over; -- opposed to below or beneath. Fowl that may fly above the earth. Gen. i. 20. 2. Figuratively, higher than; superior to in any respect; surpassing; beyond; higher in measure or degree than; as, things above comprehension; above mean actions; conduct above reproach. "Thy worth . . . is actions above my gifts." Marlowe. I saw in the way a light from heaven above the brightness of the sun. Acts xxxvi. 13. 3. Surpassing in number or quantity; more than; as, above a hundred. above all, before every other consideration; chiefly; in preference to other things. Over and above, prep. or adv., besides; in addition to.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ABOVE)

• Above-named
• Above-mentioned
• above-described
• above-cited
• named above
• aforesaid
• mentioned above
• Beside
• Close
• near
• alongside
• additionally
• over and above
• together
• moreover
• Let Hinder
• Above

Possible antonyms: (opposite words of ABOVE)

• Open
• initiate
• conduct
• protract

Related words: (words related to ABOVE)

• NAMELESSLY
  In a nameless manner.
• NAMABLE
  Capable of being named.
• BESIDE
  1. At the side of; on one side of. "Beside him hung his bow." Milton. 2. Aside from; out of the regular course or order of; in a state of deviation from; out of. have done enough To put him quite beside his patience. Shak. 3. Over and
• NAMELESS
  1. Without a name; not having been given a name; as, a nameless star. Waller. 2. Undistinguished; not noted or famous. A nameless dwelling and an unknown name. Harte. 3. Not known or mentioned by name; anonymous; as, a nameless writer."Nameless
• ALONGSIDE
  Along or by the side; side by side with; -- often with of; as, bring the boat alongside; alongside of him; alongside of the tree.
• CLOSEHANDED
  Covetous; penurious; stingy; closefisted. -- Close"hand`ed*ness, n.
• NAMER
  One who names, or calls by name.
• PROTRACTIVE
  Drawing out or lengthening in time; prolonging; continuing; delaying. He suffered their protractive arts. Dryden.
• NAMAYCUSH
  A large North American lake trout . It is usually spotted with red, and sometimes weighs over forty pounds. Called also Mackinaw trout, lake trout, lake salmon, salmon trout, togue, and tuladi.
• CLOSEFISTED
  Covetous; niggardly. Bp. Berkeley. "Closefisted contractors." Hawthorne.
• NAMESAKE
  One that has the same name as another; especially, one called after, or named out of regard to, another.
• ADDITIONALLY
  By way of addition.
• HINDEREST
  Hindermost; -- superl. of Hind, a. Chaucer.
• NAMBY-PAMBY
  Affectedly pretty; weakly sentimental; finical; insipid. Thackeray. Namby-pamby madrigals of love. W. Gifford.
• NAMELY
  1. By name; by particular mention; specifically; especially; expressly. Chaucer. The solitariness of man ...God hath namely and principally ordered to prevent by marriage. Milton. 2. That is to say; to wit; videlicet; -- introducing a particular
• CONDUCTIVITY
  The quality or power of conducting, or of receiving and transmitting, as, the conductivity of a nerve. Thermal conductivity , the quantity of heat that passes in unit time through unit area of plate whose thickness is unity, when its opposite faces
• ABOVEBOARD
  Above the board or table. Hence: in open sight; without trick, concealment, or deception. "Fair and aboveboard." Burke. Note: This expression is said by Johnson to have been borrowed from gamesters, who, when they change their cards, put their hands
• PROTRACT
  Tedious continuance or delay. Spenser.
• MOREOVER
  Beyond what has been said; further; besides; in addition; furthermore; also; likewise. Moreover, he hath left you all his walks. Shak. Syn. -- Besides, Moreover. Of the two words, moreover is the stronger and is properly used in solemn discourse,
• ABOVESAID
  Mentioned or recited before.
• DYNAMO
  A dynamo-electric machine.
• SAFE-CONDUCT
  That which gives a safe, passage; either a convoy or guard to protect a person in an enemy's country or a foreign country, or a writing, pass, or warrant of security, given to a person to enable him to travel with safety. Shak.
• DYNAMOMETRY
  The art or process of measuring forces doing work.
• UNCLOSE
  1. To open; to separate the parts of; as, to unclose a letter; to unclose one's eyes. 2. To disclose; to lay open; to reveal.
• ENCLOSE
  To inclose. See Inclose.
• PARCLOSE
  A screen separating a chapel from the body of the church. Hook.
• ELECTRO-DYNAMIC; ELECTRO-DYNAMICAL
  Pertaining to the movements or force of electric or galvanic currents; dependent on electric force.
• UNMENTIONABLES
  The breeches; trousers.
• DYNAMOMETER
  An apparatus for measuring force or power; especially, muscular effort of men or animals, or the power developed by a motor, or that required to operate machinery. Note: It usually embodies a spring to be compressed or weight to be sustained by
• SERIES DYNAMO
  A series-wound dynamo. A dynamo running in series with another or others.
• MONODYNAMISM
  The theory that the various forms of activity in nature are manifestations of the same force. G. H. Lewes.
• HEMADYNAMOMETER
  An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury; -- called also a hæmomanometer.
• ADYNAMIC
  Pertaining to, or characterized by, debility of the vital powers; weak.
• ORNAMENTAL
  Serving to ornament; characterized by ornament; beautifying; embellishing. Some think it most ornamental to wear their bracelets on their wrists; others, about their ankles. Sir T. Browne.