Highland synonyms and antonyms

hī'lənd

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mountain (related)
The definition of a mountain is a part of Earth that is very wide, has a taller height than a hill and often has steep sides, or it is a large pile of something.
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upland
The area in the interior of a country with a generally higher elevation; often hilly, but not generally mountainous (compare highlands).
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plateau
An elevated tract of more or less level land; tableland; mesa
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ridge (related)
A long mountain range on the ocean floor.
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uplands
Plural form of upland
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high-country
Terrain that is at a relatively high elevation "” generally, higher than foothills but not above the timberline "” consisting of mountainous areas or elevated expanses of plain.
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lowland (antonym)
Relating to or characteristic of low, usually level land.
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highlands (related)
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shetland (related)
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lochaber (related)
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orkney (related)
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fife (related)
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grampian (related)
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aberdeenshire (related)
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perthshire (related)
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argyll (related)
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caithness (related)
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scotland (related)
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Highland Sentence Examples

  • He came of old Highland families on both sides.

  • The great highland plateau which tion stretches from the Himalaya northwards to Chinese Turkestan, and from the frontier of Kashmir eastwards to China, has now been defined with comparative geographical exactness.

  • The country is essentially a highland tract, divided naturally into three distinct portions, differing in their superficial aspects, the character of their soil and their geological formation.

  • The Highland railway bisects it diagonally from Dunkeld to the borders of Inverness-shire.

  • On his return to Scotland he reduced several of the Highland clans that supported the cause of the king.

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