| Main Entry: | vertex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, cap, cope, crest, crown, culmination, extremity, fastigium, height, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tip, upper extremity, zenith |
Antonyms: |
bottom, nadir |
| 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: | 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: | 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: | extremity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ultimate; limit |
Synonyms: |
acme, acuteness, adversity, apex, apogee, border, bound, boundary, brim, brink, butt, climax, consummation, crisis, depth, dire straits, disaster, edge, end, excess, extreme, extremes, frontier, height, last, margin, maximum, nadir, outside, pinnacle, plight, pole, remote, rim, setback, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, trouble, verge, vertex, zenith |
| Main Entry: | head |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top part |
Synonyms: |
apex, banner, beak, bill, cap, cork, crest, crown, heading, headline, height, peak, pitch, point, promontory, streamer, summit, tip, vertex |
Antonyms: |
bottom, end, rear |
| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | altitude, top part |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, loftiness, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, solstice, stature, summit, tallness, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
bottom, depth, lowness |
| Main Entry: | peak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top of something |
Synonyms: |
aiguille, alp, apex, brow, bump, cope, crest, crown, hill, mount, mountain, pinnacle, point, roof, spike, summit, tip, vertex |
Antonyms: |
base, bottom, nadir |
| 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 |