| Main Entry: | summit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, crowning point |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crest, crown, culmination, head, height, max, meridian, most, peak, pinnacle, roof, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
base, bottom, nadir |
| Concept: | Summit. |
| Category: | 2. LINEAR DIMENSIONS |
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-nouns
summit, summity; top, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus ultra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point; turn of the tide, fountain head; watershed, water parting; sky, pole., tip, tip top; crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, peak, nib; end; crown, brow; head, nob, noddle, pate; capsheaf., high places, heights., topgallant mast, skyscraper; quarter deck, hurricane deck., architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature; tympanum; ceiling (covering)., attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story.
-verbs
culminate, crown, top; overtop (be superior to).
-adjectives
highest (high [more]); top; top most, upper most; tiptop; culminating; meridian, meridional; capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant.
-adverbs
atop, at the top of the tree.
-phrases
en flute; fleur deau.
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Antonyms: |
base |
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| Main Entry: | acme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pinnacle of achievement or physical object |
Synonyms: |
apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, height, high point, highest point, meridian, optimum, peak, summit, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
nadir |
| Main Entry: | altitude |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | height in the sky |
Synonyms: |
apex, distance, elevation, eminence, loftiness, peak, summit |
Antonyms: |
depth |
| Main Entry: | apex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, high point |
Synonyms: |
acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, greatest, height, max, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, sublimity, summit, tip, tops, up there, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
nadir |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peak, culmination |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crest, crowning point, extremity, head, height, high spot, highlight, intensification, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith |
Antonyms: |
anticlimax, cliffhanger |
| Main Entry: | crescendo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | increase to climax |
Synonyms: |
apex, ascension, building, climb, crest, critical mass, culmination, elevation, escalation, intensification, peak, pinnacle, rise, summit, surge, upsurge, zenith |
| Main Entry: | crest |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, climax, crescendo, crown, culmination, fastigium, head, height, noon, peak, pinnacle, ridge, roof, summit, top, vertex |
| Notes: | a wave's foamy top is its crest; spray blown up from wave tops is spindrift |
Antonyms: |
bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | crown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top; best |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, climax, crest, culmination, fastigium, head, meridian, peak, perfection, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
bottom, worst |
| Main Entry: | culmination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; climactic stage |
Synonyms: |
acme, all the way, apex, apogee, blow off, capper, climax, completion, consummation, critical mass, crown, crowning touch, finale, finish, height, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, payoff, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line, summit, top, zenith |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |