Antonyms for ceiling
ˈsi lɪŋceil·ing

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:2.0 / 2 votes

1. ceilingnoun

   Antonyms:
   floor

2. ceilingnoun

   the dining room had an ornate ceiling

   Antonyms:
   floor

3. ceilingnoun

   price ceilings

   Antonyms:
   floor

4. ceilingnoun

   Antonyms:
   floor

5. ceilingnoun

   the ceiling of 4.5 is 5, the ceiling of -4.5 is -4

   Antonyms:
   floor

Matched Categories

1. • Altitude
   • Control
   • Meteorology
   • Upper Surface

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. ceilingnoun

   the overhead upper surface of a covered space

   "he hated painting the ceiling"

   Synonyms:
   cap, roof

2. ceilingnoun

   (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds

   Synonyms:
   cap, roof

3. ceiling, roof, capnoun

   an upper limit on what is allowed

   "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, roof, crown, detonator, capital, cap, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

4. ceilingnoun

   maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions)

   Synonyms:
   cap, roof

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. deck

   a space that you relax on

   Submitted by anonymous on November 19, 2019  

How to use ceiling in a sentence?

1. Rodrigo Pacheco:

   The plan is to find a way to make the spending ceiling compatible with assistance for people hurt by the pandemic, right now, I do not have the formula to reconcile (extending) emergency aid and the spending cap.

2. Zhou Dadi:

   We should see this (5 billion tonne) target as a ceiling rather than a floor, maybe we can achieve better results.

3. Molly Kinder:

   As I have written about Amazon, $ 15 is a floor, not a ceiling.

4. Mitch Landrieu:

   We cannot hold America’s full faith and credit hostage, the debt ceiling is not something to be trifled with.

5. Karl Rove:

   If you like Trump, that's not going to necessarily turn you off but the issue is that 80% of the people are supporting somebody else, language like that, attack on Megyn (Kelly, the Fox News debate moderator), his refusal to say I'm a team player -- all of those things create a ceiling on how far he could go, and I think we may actually see some diminution in support of the next couple of weeks.

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