Word Meanings - TOWERING - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope. 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of TOWERING)

• Lofty
• Elevated
• towering
• high
• dignified
• eminent
• stately
• haughty
• majestic
• airy
• tall
• Tall
• High
• lofty
• elevated

Related words: (words related to TOWERING)

• MAJESTICNESS
  The quality or state of being majestic. Oldenburg.
• TOWERED
  Adorned or defended by towers. Towered cities please us then. Milton.
• DIGNIFIED
  Marked with dignity; stately; as, a dignified judge.
• ELEVATOR
  One who, or that which, raises or lifts up anything; as: A mechanical contrivance, usually an endless belt or chain with a series of scoops or buckets, for transferring grain to an upper loft for storage. A cage or platform and the hoisting
• TOWERING
  1. Very high; elevated; rising aloft; as, a towering height. Pope. 2. Hence, extreme; violent; surpassing. A man agitated by a towering passion. Sir W. Scott.
• DIGNIFICATION
  The act of dignifying; exaltation.
• MAJESTICAL
  Majestic. Cowley. An older architecture, greater, cunninger, more majestical. M. Arnold. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ly, adv. -- Ma*jes"tic*al*ness, n.
• ELEVATED
  Uplifted; high; lofty; also, animated; noble; as, elevated thoughts. Elevated railway, one in which the track is raised considerably above the ground, especially a city railway above the line of street travel.
• STATELY
  Evincing state or dignity; lofty; majestic; grand; as, statelymanners; a stately gait. "The stately homes of England!" Mrs. Hemans. "Filled with stately temples." Prescott. Here is a stately style indeed! Shak. Syn. -- Lofty; dignified; majestic;
• LOFTY
  1. Lifted high up; having great height; towering; high. See lofty Lebanon his head advance. Pope. 2. Fig.: Elevated in character, rank, dignity, spirit, bearing, language, etc.; exalted; noble; stately; characterized by pride; haughty. The high
• ELEVATORY
  Tending to raise, or having power to elevate; as, elevatory forces.
• HAUGHTY
  hautein, F. hautain, fr. haut high, OF. also halt, fr. L. altus. See 1. High; lofty; bold. To measure the most haughty mountain's height. Spenser. Equal unto this haughty enterprise. Spenser 2. Disdainfully or contemptuously proud; arrogant;
• ELEVATION
  The distance of a celestial object above the horizon, or the arc of a vertical circle intercepted between it and the horizon; altitude; as, the elevation of the pole, or of a star. (more info) 1. The act of raising from a lower place, condition,
• EMINENTLY
  In an eminent manner; in a high degree; conspicuously; as, to be eminently learned.
• MAJESTIC
  Possessing or exhibiting majesty; of august dignity, stateliness, or imposing grandeur; lofty; noble; grand. "The majestic world." Shak. "Tethys'grave majestic pace." Milton. The least portions must be of the epic kind; all must be grave, majestic,
• ELEVATEDNESS
  The quality of being elevated.
• EMINENT
  out, be prominent; e out + minere to project; of uncertain 1. High; lofty; towering; prominent. "A very eminent promontory." Evelyn 2. Being, metaphorically, above others, whether by birth, high station, merit, or virtue; high in public
• TOWER
  twr a tower, Ir. tor a castle, Gael. torr a tower, castle. Cf. Tor, A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion. A projection from a line of wall, as a
• ELEVATE
  Elevated; raised aloft. Milton.
• TOWERY
  Having towers; adorned or defended by towers. "Towery cities." Pope.
• PREEMINENT
  Eminent above others; prominent among those who are eminent; superior in excellence; surpassing, or taking precedence of, others; rarely, surpassing others in evil, or in bad qualities; as, preëminent in guilt. In goodness and in power preëminent.
• SUPEREMINENT
  Eminent in a superior degree; surpassing others in excellence; as, a supereminent divine; the supereminent glory of Christ. -- Su`per*em"i*nent*ly, adv.
• WATCHTOWER
  A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.
• RELEVATION
  A raising or lifting up.
• WATER TOWER
  A large metal pipe made to be extended vertically by sections, and used for discharging water upon burning buildings.
• MARTELLO TOWER
  A building of masonry, generally circular, usually erected on the seacoast, with a gun on the summit mounted on a traversing platform, so as to be fired in any direction. Note: The English borrowed the name of the tower from Corsica in (more info)
• OVERTOWER
  To tower over or above.
• PREEMINENTLY
  In a preëminent degree.