Synonyms for ceiling
ˈsi lɪŋceil·ing

Wiktionary(2.00 / 2 votes)Rate these synonyms:

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

Princeton's WordNet(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate these synonyms:

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

Matched Categories

1. • Altitude
   • Control
   • Meteorology
   • Upper Surface

PPDB, the paraphrase database(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate these paraphrases:

1. List of paraphrases for "ceiling":

   roof, limit, cap, maximum, threshold, stopper, al-aqsa, not-to-exceed, limits

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How to use ceiling in a sentence?

1. Chuck Schumer:

   The debt ceiling. No more hostages! that's not a good idea. We ought to be negotiating to get an agreement.

2. Merav Michaeli:

   I think it's my responsibility as a legislator to help women who cannot break this -- it is not a glass ceiling, it is an iron gate, it's our responsibility to take care of equality, to make sure that equality is not a matter of choice, but rather a mandatory issue.

3. Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji:

   The unique and gloriously repetitive stucco ornaments and special architectural style left me no choice but to stare at the ceiling and try to photograph it as best as I can, i stood exactly in the middle of the music hall and took the photo from above my head with a wide-angle lens.

4. Democratic Leader Harry Reid:

   We have two issues, the debt ceiling, we have two weeks left on that. On the budget we have until Dec. 11. We're going to take them one at a time.

5. Vivek Murthy:

   That’s a floor, that’s not a ceiling.

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