CEILING: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CEILING?

Need another word that means the same as “ceiling”? Find 9 synonyms and 30 related words for “ceiling” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Ceiling” are: cap, roof, vault, vaulting, upper limit, maximum, limitation, highest permissible level, highest permissible value

Ceiling as a Noun

Definitions of "Ceiling" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “ceiling” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• (meteorology) altitude of the lowest layer of clouds.
• An upper limit set on prices, wages, or expenditure.
• Maximum altitude at which a plane can fly (under specified conditions.
• The overhead upper surface of a covered space.
• The upper interior surface of a room or other similar compartment.
• The altitude of the base of a cloud layer.
• The inside planking of a ship's bottom and sides.
• The maximum altitude that a particular aircraft can reach.
• An upper limit on what is allowed.
• Altitude of the lowest layer of clouds.

Synonyms of "Ceiling" as a noun (9 Words)

cap	A cap awarded as a sign of membership of a particular sports team especially a national team. A former naval officer and rugby cap.
highest permissible level	A public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12.
highest permissible value	A high place.
limitation	A time period after which suits cannot be brought. It is a good plan but it has serious limitations.
maximum	A maximum permitted custodial sentence for an offence. An offence which carries a maximum of 14 years.
roof	Protective covering on top of a motor vehicle. I could see the roof of the bear s mouth.
upper limit	Piece of leather or synthetic material that forms the part of a shoe or boot above the sole that encases the foot.
vault	A large room or chamber used for storage, especially an underground one. A wine vault.
vaulting	An arched brick or stone ceiling or roof. Arches and vaulting.

Usage Examples of "Ceiling" as a noun

• The aircraft's quoted ceiling of 24,000 feet.
• He hated painting the ceiling.
• He put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him.
• The government imposed a wage ceiling of 3 per cent.
• The books were stacked from floor to ceiling.

Associations of "Ceiling" (30 Words)

anteroom	An antechamber, typically serving as a waiting room.
apartment	A block of apartments. The family lived in a rented apartment.
bedroom	A room used primarily for sleeping. A two bedroom flat.
bottle	Put into bottles. Bottle the mineral water.
bungalow	A low house having only one storey or, in some cases, upper rooms set in the roof, typically with dormer windows.
cap	A player to whom a cap is awarded. Snow capped the mountains.
cottage	(in the context of casual homosexual encounters) a public toilet. They said that at some point in their lives they ve cottaged or cruised in parks.
doorstep	A step leading up to the outer door of a house. He put his foot on the doorstep of the cottage.
doorway	An entrance to a room or building through a door. The doorway to success.
dormer	A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof.
floor	Provide a room or area with a floor. That question floored him.
foyer	An entrance hall in a house or flat. The foyer of the concert hall.
furnished	Provided with whatever is necessary for a purpose (as furniture or equipment or authority. A furnished apartment.
hall	The building in which a guild was housed. Halls of learning.
house	The management of a gambling house or casino. The house applauded.
hut	Provide with huts. A beach hut.
latticed	Having a pattern of fretwork or latticework. A latticed screen.
lobby	In the UK lobby correspondents collectively. A recent lobby of Parliament by pensioners.
mansion	A terrace or mansion block. Carlyle Mansions.
mews	A row or street of houses or flats that have been converted from stables or built to look like former stables. A mews house.
parlor	A room in a private house or establishment where people can sit and talk and relax.
porch	A veranda. Daniel and Lydia sat out on the porch for many hours.
rafter	Provide a ceiling with rafters. The rafters above his bed.
roof	Provide a building with a roof cover a building with a roof. A car with a vinyl roof.
skylight	A window in a roof to admit daylight.
tepee	A portable conical tent made of skins, cloth, or canvas on a frame of poles, used by North American Indians of the Plains and Great Lakes regions.
terrace	Provide a house with a terrace. Breakfast is served on the terrace.
threshold	A region marking a boundary. On the threshold of manhood.
treetop	The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.
vaulted	Having a hemispherical vault or dome. An unusual brick vaulted ceiling.