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19,295 words · meanings, pronunciation and origins · ranked by use

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  • highbrowadjectiveC12 meaningsAppealing to cultivated or intellectual tastes.
  • highland/ˈhaɪ.lənd/nounB2+High mountainous country.
  • highlight/ˈhaɪlaɪt/nounB1+The best or most memorable part of something.
  • highlighter/ˈhaɪ.laɪt.ə/nounB1+2 meaningsA bright marker used to colour over important lines.
  • highlightsnounB1+2 meaningsStreaks of lighter colour put through hair.
  • highway/ˈhaɪweɪ/
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A wide fast road between cities.
  • hijack/ˈhaɪ.d͡ʒæk/verbB2+To seize control of a vehicle by force.
  • hike/haɪk/verbB12 meaningsTo walk a long way over rough country.
  • hiker/ˈhaɪ̯kə/nounB1+Somebody who walks long distances in the country.
  • hiking/ˈhaɪkɪŋ/nounB1+Long walks through hills and forests for pleasure.
  • hilarious/hɪˈlɛə.ɹi.əs/adjectiveB2Extremely funny.
  • hill/hɪl/nounA2A raised piece of land, smaller than a mountain.
  • hillock/ˈhɪl.ək/nounC2A very small hill.
  • hillside/ˈhɪlˌsaɪd/nounB1+The sloping side of a hill.
  • hilt/hɪlt/nounC1The handle of a sword or a dagger.
  • hinder/ˈhɪndəː/verbC2To get in the way of progress and slow it down.
  • hindrance/ˈhɪndɹəns/nounC2Something that gets in the way of progress.
  • hindsight/ˈhaɪn(d)saɪt/nounC2The clear understanding you only get after it is over.
  • hindsight biasnounC2Believing you knew all along what only became clear later.
  • hinge/ˈhɪnd͡ʒ/nounB1+3 meaningsA joint that lets a door, lid or gate swing open and shut.
  • hint/hɪnt/verbB23 meaningsTo suggest something without saying it outright.
  • hinterland/ˈhɪntə(ɹ)ˌlænd/nounC2The remote country lying behind a coast or a city.
  • hip/hɪp/nounB13 meaningsThe joint and bone at each side of the body below the waist.
  • hip flasknounC1A small flat bottle carried in a pocket.
  • hip hop dancenounB1A street style grown out of hip hop music.
  • hippie/ˈhɪpi/nounB22 meaningsA young person of the 1960s counterculture, associated with peace, long hair and rejecting convention.
  • hippo/ˈhɪpəʊ/nounA2+A huge African river animal.
  • hippopotamus/ˌhɪp.əˈpɒt.ə.məs/nounA2+A huge African animal that lives in rivers.
  • hipster/ˈhɪp.stə/nounB2+Somebody who follows the latest alternative fashions.
  • hire/ˈhaɪ(.)ə/verbA25 meaningsTo give someone a job and pay them to do it.
  • hireling/ˈhaɪ.ə.lɪŋ/nounC2Somebody who works only for the money.
  • hirsute/həːˈsjuːt/adjectiveC2Very hairy.
  • hiss/hɪs/verbB25 meaningsTo make a long sharp s-sound, the way a snake or an angry cat does.
  • historian/hɪˈstɔːɹɪən/nounB2+A person who studies and writes about the past.
  • historic/hɪˈstɒɹɪk/adjectiveB1+Important enough to be remembered in history.
  • historical/hɪˈstɒɹɪkəl/adjectiveB1+To do with the past and its study.
  • history/ˈhɪs.tə.ɹi/nounA1The subject about everything that happened before today.
  • histrionic/hɪstɹiːˈɒnɪk/adjectiveC2Wildly theatrical in showing feeling.
  • hit/hɪt/verbA16 meaningsTo strike someone or something with your hand or an object.
  • hit backphraseB2To answer an attack with one of your own.
  • hit the booksphraseB2To start studying seriously.
  • hit the hayphraseC1To go to bed.
  • hit the nail on the headphraseC1To describe a situation exactly right.
  • hit the roadphraseB2To leave and start your journey.
  • hit the sackphraseC1To go to bed.
  • hit uponphraseC1To think of an idea suddenly.
  • hit-and-runadjectiveB2Involving a driver who leaves the scene after a crash.
  • hit-or-missadjectiveB2Unplanned and therefore unreliable, working only some of the time.
  • hitch/hɪt͡ʃ/verbB22 meaningsTo fasten something with a knot or hook.
  • hitchhike/ˈhɪt͡ʃhaɪk/verbB1+To travel free by asking passing drivers for a lift.
  • hitchhiker/ˈhɪtʃˌhaɪkə/nounB2Somebody who travels by asking drivers for lifts.
  • hither/ˈhɪðə/adverbC1To this place, in old use.
  • hitherto/ˌhɪðəˈtuː/adverbC2Up until this point in time.
  • hitman/ˈhɪtmæːn/nounB2A killer hired to murder somebody.
  • hive/haɪv/nounB1+2 meaningsThe built home of a bee colony.
  • hoard/hɔɹd/verbB2+To store far more than you need and refuse to part with it.
  • hoarfrostnounC2Feathery white ice that grows on twigs in still cold air.
  • hoarse/hɔːs/adjectiveB2+Of a voice, rough and harsh from strain or illness.
  • hoary/hɔː.ɹi/adjectiveC2White with age, or very old and stale.
  • hobbit/ˈhɒbɪt/nounB2+A small imaginary being with furry feet, from Tolkien.