| Main Entry: | steeple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
Synonyms: |
belfry, campanile, cupola, minaret, spire, turret, ziggurat |
| Notes: | a spire is the tall pointed roof of a tower or the tall pointed structure on top of a steeple; a steeple is the tower plus the spire |
| Main Entry: | belfry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower; part of tower |
Synonyms: |
bell tower, campanile, carillon, clocher, cupola, dome, head, minaret, spire, steeple, turret |
| Main Entry: | pinnacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, crest |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, climax, cone, crown, culmination, greatest, height, max, most*, needle, obelisk, peak, pyramid, spire, steeple, summit, tops, tower, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
base, bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very high building or building part |
Synonyms: |
belfry, castle, citadel, cloud buster, column, fort, fortification, fortress, high rise, keep, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret |
| Main Entry: | spire |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
Synonyms: |
apex, blade, cone, peak, pinnacle, point, shoot, spear, sprout, stalk, steeple, summit, top |
| Notes: | a spire is the tall pointed roof of a tower or the tall pointed structure on top of a steeple; a steeple is the tower plus the spire |
| Main Entry: | turret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
Synonyms: |
belfry, lathe, minaret, spire, steeple |