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herald, v. proclaim, announce, foretell, usher in.
herd, n. drove; rabble, mob, mult.i.tude. a.s.sociated Words: gregarious, gregal.
herdsman, n. ranchman, vaquero, cowboy, vacher.
hereditary, a. ancestral, patrimonial, inheritable, inherited.
heritage, n. inheritance, hereditament, patrimony; possession.
hermit, n. recluse, anch.o.r.et, anchorite, eremite, solitary, cen.o.bite.
heroic, a. valiant, bold, daring, brave; desperate, drastic, extreme.
heroism, n. courage, valor, bravery, prowess, fort.i.tude, intrepidity.
hesitancy, n. indecision, vacillation, uncertainty, irresolution, wavering.
hesitate, v. doubt, vacillate, falter, dubitate, waver, scruple, demur, deliberate.
hesitation, n. indecision, doubt, vacillation, reluctance, wavering.
hidden, a. covert, latent, concealed; recondite, esoteric, abstruse, unrevealed.
hide, v. veil, cloak, conceal, dissemble, cache, secrete, mask; skulk, lurk.
hidebound, a. untractable, bigoted, obstinate, uncompromising.
hideous, a. horrible, grim, ogreish, grisly, repulsive, ugly, ghastly, shocking.
hiding, n. concealment, secretion.
high, a. lofty, tall, elevated, towering.
high and dry. aground, beached, stranded.
high and mighty. (Colloq.) arrogant, overbearing, domineering, lordly.
higher, a. supernal.
highest, a. loftiest, superlative, meridian, maximum, supreme, topgallant.
highest good. _summum bonum_.
highest point. meridian, culmination, zenith, maximum.
highfaluting, a. bombastic, grandiloquent.--n. bombast.
highflown, a. bombastic, grandiloquent, pretentious, magniloquent, grandiose.
highflying, a. aspiring, presumptuous, ambitious, Icarian.
highgo, n. (Colloq.) spree, revel, carousal.
highhanded, a. overbearing, tyrannical, arbitrary, autocratic, despotic.
high jinks. (Colloq.) revelry, carousal, wild sport.
highland, n. plateau.
high liver. gormand, sybarite, epicure, gourmet, voluptuary, gastronomer, _bon vivant_.
high living. gormandism, sybaritism, epicurism, luxury. Antonyms: asceticism, abstemiousness, moderation.
highminded, a. magnanimous, honorable, n.o.ble. Antonyms: mean, base, low, servile, abject, ign.o.ble.
highmindedness, n. magnanimity.
high time. full time; (Slang) carousal, revelry.
hightoned, a. shrill, acute; magnanimous, honorable; (Colloq.) fashionable, aristocratic.
highwayman, n. bandit, desperado, road agent, outlaw, footpad.
hill, n. mound, eminence, knoll, elevation; monadnock; b.u.t.te; monticle; copple; Acropolis; foothill.
hillock, n. knoll, mound.
hilly, a. undulating, uneven, rolling.
hind, n. rustic, boor, peasant.
hinder, n. (Slang) b.u.t.tocks, rump, seat, fundament.
hinder, a. rear, back.
hinder, v. r.e.t.a.r.d, obstruct, hamper, impede, forestall, forefend, check, thwart, foil.
hindrance, n. r.e.t.a.r.dation, hindering; obstacle, impediment, obstruction, restraint, frustration, enc.u.mbrance, check.
hinge joint. diarthrosis, ginglymus.
hint, v. intimate, suggest, imply, allude to, refer.
hint, n. allusion, suggestion, insinuation, intimation, innuendo, inkling.
hip, n. haunch, huckle; (hip-bone) innominate, ilium, ischium, pubis. a.s.sociated Words: sciatic, ischial, ischiatic, c.o.xalgia, acetabulum.
hire, n. salary, wages, pay, stipend, remuneration, compensation.--v. engage; let, lease.
