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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summit, climax |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, crest, culmination, extremity, high noon, high-water mark, peak, pinnacle, zenith |
| Main Entry: | peak |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maximum, zenith |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, capstone, climax, crown, culmination, greatest, height, high point, meridian, ne plus ultra, pinnacle, summit, tip, top |
| Notes: | peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate' |
| Antonyms: | base, 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| 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, fastigium, finial, head, height, high point, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, superficies, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir |
| 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: | zenith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
| Synonyms: | acme, altitude, apex, apogee, cap, capper, capstone, climax, crest, crown, culmination, elevation, eminence, height, high noon, high point, meridian, payoff, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tiptop, topper, vertex |
| Notes: | zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras 'the way or road above one's head'; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | high-water mark |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest level |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, ceiling, floodmark, peak, tidemark, upper limit, watermark |
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| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
aerial, alpine, altitudinarian, altitudinous, altivolant, attolent, beetling, bird's, cloud, elevated, eminent, exalted, gigantic, hanging, heaven, highest, hilly, incumbent, lanky, lofty, moorland, mountainous, overhanging, overlying, patagonian, prominent, rampant, soaring, stilted, sub, superincumbent, superior, supernatant, tall, tall as a Maypole, tall as a poplar, tall as a steeple, terraced, towering, upland, upper
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