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| Main Entry: | apex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, high point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, height, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, summit, tip, vertex, zenith, greatest, max, sublimity, tops, up there |
| Antonyms: | nadir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
| Synonyms: | axis, change, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, moment of truth*, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, pinch, pivot, point of no return, shift, strait, transition, twist, zero hour*, zero hour, climacteric, critical moment, critical period, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, decisive moment, kairotic moment, peripeteia, pivotal moment, race against time, rising action, turn of the tide, when push comes to shove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | wedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid piece, often triangular |
| Synonyms: | block, chunk, cleat, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, spire, taper, chock, cotter, shim |
| Antonyms: | whole |
| Main Entry: | angle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | shape formed by two lines meeting at a point |
| Synonyms: | bend, corner, crook, crotch, cusp, decline, divergence, dogleg, edge, elbow, flare, fork, incline, intersection, knee, nook, notch, point, slant, turn, twist, V, Y, flection, flexure, obliquity, turning |
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme, limit |
| Synonyms: | borderline, bound, boundary, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, term, terminal, termination, tip, top, ultimate, butt end, neb, nib, tail end, terminus |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, foundation, origin |
| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | altitude, top part |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, stature, summit, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith, loftiness, solstice, tallness |
| Antonyms: | bottom, depth, lowness |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, head, height, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith, fastigium, finial, high point, superficies |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir |
| Main Entry: | tip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very top |
| Synonyms: | apex, cap, crown, cusp, edge, end, extremity, head, nip, peak, point, stub, summit, tiptop, vertex |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp end, top, end of extension |
| Synonyms: | apex, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, head, headland, jag, prick, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth, awn, foreland, nib, pin point, prickler, sticker, stiletto |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | dullness, bluntness |
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