'high water mark' definitions:
Definition of 'high water mark'
From: GCIDE
- Tidemark \Tide"mark\, n.
- 1. a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark. [PJC]
- 2. [fig.] the maximum level which some activity has reached and from which it has declined; -- called also {high water mark}. [PJC]
Definition of 'high water mark'
From: GCIDE
- Tidemark \Tide"mark\, n.
- 1. a mark on a shore line indicating the normal level of the water at high tide, caused by the action of the flowing water; sometimes also used for the mark left at the point of the normal low tide; -- called also high water mark. [PJC]
- 2. [fig.] the maximum level which some activity has reached and from which it has declined; -- called also {high water mark}. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'high water mark'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- border line,
- bound,
- boundary,
- boundary condition,
- boundary line,
- bourn,
- break boundary,
- breakoff point,
- ceiling,
- circumscription,
- compass,
- confine,
- cutoff,
- cutoff point,
- deadline,
- delimitation,
- determinant,
- division line,
- end,
- extremity,
- finish,
- floor,
- frontier,
- hedge,
- interface,
- limen,
- limit,
- limitation,
- limiting factor,
- line,
- line of demarcation,
- load waterline,
- low-water mark,
- lower limit,
- march,
- mark,
- mete,
- Plimsoll line,
- Plimsoll mark,
- start,
- starting line,
- starting point,
- target date,
- term,
- terminal date,
- terminus,
- threshold,
- tidemark,
- time allotment,
- upper limit,
- waterline,
- watermark