Highness meaning

UK /ˈhaɪnɪs/ US /ˈhaɪnəs/ 2 syllables

Highness (noun): (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person.

Highness has 3 meanings in this dictionary.

Highness as a noun

  1. (Your Highness or His Highness or Her Highness) title used to address a royal person

    Type of: aristocrat

  2. the quality of being high or lofty

    Synonyms: loftiness

    Opposite: lowness

    Type of: height

    Related forms: high

  3. a high degree (of amount or force etc.)
    • responsible for the highness of the rates

    Type of: degree

    Related forms: high

How to pronounce Highness

Highness is pronounced /ˈhaɪnɪs/ in British English and /ˈhaɪnəs/ in American English. It has 2 syllables, with the stress on the first syllable.

Words that rhyme with Highness

Scrabble score: 15 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with HI · words ending in SS · 8-letter words

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