Meanings
comparative higher-level · superlative highest-level
- Taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
It remains a key part of the busy Strathclyde railway system, with its high-level platforms served by trains to Lanarkshire, Ayrshire and England, and its low-level platforms a key artery at the heart of the busiest commuter network outside London.
2021 September 22, “National Rail Awards 2021: Glasgow Central - Network Rail”, in RAIL, number 940, page 47Antonyms: low-level
- Of or pertaining to a person of a high social position or high rank within a hierarchy or organization.
- Consisting of such people.
high-level conference
1 more example
Within 22 minutes of the high-level decision at 1.38 a.m. on the Sunday morning to withdraw the electric trains, a special control had been established at Glasgow North headquarters to organise the return to steam working.
1961 March, “Talking of trains”, in Trains Illustrated, page 130 - computingConsisting of relatively natural language-like commands and mathematical notations which, after compilation or interpretation, become a set of machine language instructions.
- businessA summary that provides a general overview and omits nearly all details.
"To begin, a need or want is simply a broad definition of the overall requirements: the high-level description, the 30,000-foot view, and so on, of the problem without identifying any specifics." https://www.google.com/books/edition/Additive_Manufacturing_Handbook/H1kkDwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=PT92
- roleplaying gamesvideo gamesAt (or associated with) an advanced level within the context of a game's progression system.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveTaking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectiveat an elevated level in rank or importance
adjectiveoccurring at or from a relative high altitude
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Czech vysokoúrovňový
- vysokoúrovňovýprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Esperanto altnivela
- altnivelaprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Finnish korkea, korkea-arvoinen
- korkeataking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
- korkea-arvoinenconsisting of people with high rank
Irish ardleibhéil
- ardleibhéilprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Polish na wysokim szczeblu, na wysokim szczeblu
- na wysokim szczeblutaking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
- na wysokim szczebluconsisting of people with high rank
- wysokopoziomowyprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Portuguese de alto nível
- de alto nívelprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Russian на вы́сшем у́ровне, высокоу́ровневый
- на вы́сшем у́ровне (na výsšem úrovne)taking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
- высокоу́ровневый (vysokoúrovnevyj)programming: based on commands resembling natural language
Spanish de alto nivel
- de alto nivelprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Turkish yüksek seviye, yüksek seviye
- yüksek seviyetaking place or existing at a high level, altitude or elevation
- yüksek seviyeconsisting of people with high rank
- yüksek seviyeprogramming: based on commands resembling natural language
Cite this entry
high-level. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-level
“high-level.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-level. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “high-level,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/high-level.
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