English adjective: high-rise | |||
1. | high-rise used of buildings of many stories equipped with elevators; tall | ||
Samples | Avenues lined with high-rise apartment buildings. | ||
Similar | multistorey, multistoried, multistory, storeyed, storied | ||
Antonyms | low-rise | ||
English noun: high-rise | |||
1. | high-rise (artifact) tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments | ||
Samples | `tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'. | ||
Synonyms | tower block | ||
Broader (hypernym) | tower | ||