SKYSCRAPING

Meaning of SKYSCRAPING in English

adjective

Synonyms: lofty 6, aerial, airy, soaring, spiring, topless, towering, towery

Merriam Webster. Collegiate thesaurus English vocabulary. Английский энциклопедический словарь тезаурус. 2003

SKYSCRAPING — adjective Date: 1840 extraordinarily tall or high
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SKYSCRAPING — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective Etymology: from skyscraper, after English scraper : scraping : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SKYSCRAPING — /skuy"skray'ping/ , adj. of or like a skyscraper; very high: a skyscraping chimney. [ 1830-40; SKY + SCRAPE + -ING …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SKYSCRAPING — adjective Date: 1840 : extraordinarily tall or high skyscraping basketball players
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SKYSCRAPING — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: LOFTY 6, aerial, airy, soaring, spiring, topless, towering, towery
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
SKYSCRAPING — adj. Pronunciation: - ˌ skr ā -pi ŋ Function: adjective Date: 1840 : extraordinarily tall or high < skyscraping basketball …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
SKYSCRAPE — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌskrāp intransitive verb Etymology: back-formation from skyscraper : to build a skyscraper city ruling … limits skyscraping to about twenty-two …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOWERING — Synonyms and related words : Atlantean, Brobdingnagian, Cyclopean, Gargantuan, Herculean, Homeric, Olympian, abysmal, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring, astronomic, august, …
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TOPLESS — Synonyms and related words : Olympian, aerial, airy, altitudinous, ascending, aspiring, bare-ankled, bare-armed, bare-backed, bare-breasted, bare-chested, bare-handed, bare-headed, bare-legged, bare-necked, …
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TALL — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, a bit thick, a bit thin, a mile long, absurd, affected, altitudinous, bedizened, …
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SOARING — Synonyms and related words : Brownian movement, Olympian, advance, aerial, aeronautics, air service, airline, airy, altitudinous, anabasis, angular motion, ascending, …
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LOFTY — Synonyms and related words : Gongoresque, Johnsonian, Olympian, aerial, affected, aggrandized, airy, altitudinous, ambitious, analytic, analytical, apotheosized, aristocratic, arrogant, ascending, …
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AIRY — Synonyms and related words : Barmecidal, Barmecide, Olympian, adulterated, aeolian, aerial, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerostatic, aery, air-built, airish, airlike, airy, alfresco, …
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AERIAL — Synonyms and related words : Olympian, aerials, aeriform, aerodynamic, aerophysical, aerospace, aerostatic, aerotechnical, aery, air-built, air-conscious, air-minded, air-wise, airish, airlike, …
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TOWERY — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: LOFTY 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towering
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TOWERING — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: LOFTY 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towery Related Words: altitudinous, high, tall; stratospheric …
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TOPLESS — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: LOFTY 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, towering, towery
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TALL — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: HIGH 1, altitudinous Related Words: high-reaching, sky-high, skyscraping Idioms: higher than a cat's back Contrasted Words: …
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SPIRING — v. Function: adjective Synonyms: LOFTY 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, topless, towering, towery
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SOARING — adj. Function: adjective Synonyms: LOFTY 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, spiring, topless, towering, towery Idioms: high as the sky
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LOFTY — adj. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: PROUD 1, arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, superior 2 Synonyms: AMBITIOUS 2, …
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AIRY — adj. Function: adjective 1 of or relating to air FF1C; clouds drifting on airy currents FF1E; Synonyms: aerial, atmospheric, pneumatic …
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AERIAL — n. Function: adjective 1 Synonyms: AIRY 1, atmospheric, pneumatic 2 Synonyms: LOFTY 6, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towering, towery …
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TOWERY — adjective Synonyms: lofty 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towering
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TOWERING — adjective 1. Synonyms: lofty 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towery Related Word: altitudinous, high, tall; stratospheric 2. Synonyms: …
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TOPLESS — adjective Synonyms: lofty 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, towering, towery
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TALL — adjective Synonyms: high 1, altitudinous Related Word: high-reaching, sky-high, skyscraping Idioms: higher than a cat's back Contrasted words: abbreviated, truncated; …
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SPIRING — adjective Synonyms: lofty 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, soaring, topless, towering, towery
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SOARING — adjective Synonyms: lofty 6, aerial, airy, skyscraping, spiring, topless, towering, towery Idioms: high as the sky
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LOFTY — adjective 1. Synonyms: proud 1, arrogant, cavalier, disdainful, haughty, high-and-mighty, insolent, overbearing, supercilious, superior 2. Synonyms: ambitious 2, grandiose, pretentious, …
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AIRY — adjective 1. of or relating to air clouds drifting on airy currents Synonyms: aerial, atmospheric, pneumatic Related Word: gaseous, vaporous …
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AERIAL — adjective 1. Synonyms: airy 1, atmospheric, pneumatic 2. Synonyms: lofty 6, airy, skyscraping, soaring, spiring, topless, towering, towery 3. Synonyms: …
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