Hi

What it means

1. (noun) The word "hi" used as a greeting. “I didn't even get a hi.”
2. (interjection) A friendly, informal, casual greeting said when meeting someone. “Hi, how are you?”
3. (interjection) An exclamation to call attention.
4. (interjection) Expressing wonder or derision.
5. (adjective) Very elevated; extending or being far above a base; tall; lofty. “The balloon rose high in the sky.   The wall was high.   a high mountain”
6. (adjective) Relatively elevated; rising or raised above the average or normal level from which elevation is measured.
7. (adjective) Having a specified elevation or height; tall. “three feet high   three Mount Everests high”
8. (adjective) Elevated in status, esteem, prestige; exalted in rank, station, or character. “The oldest of the elves' royal family still conversed in High Elvish.”
9. (adjective) Of great importance and consequence: grave (if negative) or solemn (if positive). “high crimes, the high festival of the sun”
10. (adjective) Consummate; advanced (e.g. in development) to the utmost extent or culmination, or possessing a quality in its supreme degree, at its zenith. “high (i.e. intense) heat; high (i.e. full or quite) noon; high (i.e. rich or spicy) seasoning; high (i.e. complete) pleasure; high (i.e. deep or vivid) colour; high (i.e. extensive, thorough) scholarship; high tide; high [tourism] season; the High Middle Ages”
11. (adjective) (in several set phrases) Remote in distance or time. “high latitude, high antiquity”
12. (adjective) (in several set phrases) Very traditionalist and conservative, especially in favoring older ways of doing things; see e.g. high church, High Tory.

Letter analysis

• Hi contains 2 letters: 1 vowel(s) and 1 consonant(s).
• It uses 2 unique letters.
• Estimated syllable count: 1.
• Scrabble-style letter score: 5.

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Words starting with HI

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• hiatuses
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• hibachis
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• hibernated
• hibernates
• hibernating
• hibernation
• hibiscus
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• hiccough
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• hiccoughing
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• hiccuped
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Words ending with HI

• acanthi
• bronchi
• chi
• chichi
• hibachi
• litchi
• maharishi
• mariachi
• rehi
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