Synonyms 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

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms: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

Matched Categories

1. • Altitude
   • Control
   • Meteorology
   • Upper Surface

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

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. Steven Pressman:

   Effectively this is money that the government owes to itself, the government has promised it’s going to repay it. The only reason that it’s in a jam now is because of the debt ceiling.

2. Jonathan Forster:

   It would be terrible if we were just taking each other's users or to learn there was just a ceiling of 100 million users - I don't think that is the case.

3. Brian Fitzpatrick:

   But we have to … keep working because the worst thing that could happen is we get to a point this summer where, suddenly, we can’t raise the debt ceiling, and the full faith and credit of the United States is at risk, and we don’t pay our debts. That’s unacceptable.

4. Bill Clinton:

   Although we weren't able to shatter that highest, hardest glass ceiling this time, thanks to you, it's got about 18 million cracks in it.

5. Craig Robinson:

   While someone like Ted Cruz appeals to the activist. Someone who goes to the caucus on a regular basis, Trump appeals to someone who caucus is a complete foreign word to them, it's a heavier lift for the Trump campaign to get their people out. The advantage Trump has is he hasthe highest ceiling of all the candidates. He has broad appeal. That's great.