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. Kobi Karp:

   People in the building would see cracks in their floors, the table would not be flat, things would roll off, you would see cracks in your walls. You look up in the ceiling and you see cracks in the ceiling.

2. Ann Kaiser:

   That ceiling will be shattered at some time and I just think it takes the right person to do that and right now she is not the right person for me, i think she would be very vulnerable. She would be hit so hard, in so many sectors that I think it would be tough for her to win.

3. Demelza Bischoff:

   It felt like the whole house was going to crumble, it started getting really bad, the tin roof started lifting and the ceiling blew out.

4. Mohammad Reza Domiri Ganji:

   The ceiling of this place is like none other, one of the most exquisite works of architecture, it's hard to look away.

5. Ted Cruz:

   It is not my position that we will never raise the debt ceiling — rather what the rules say is we will use the debt ceiling as leverage to force real and meaningful structural reforms to fix the underlying problem, [It] doesn't have to be a total solution for everything, but it has to be real and meaningful progress.