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| Main Entry: | |
| 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 |
| Notes: | peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate' |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | peak |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | reach highest point |
| Synonyms: | be at height, climax, come to a head, crest, culminate, reach the top, reach the zenith, top out |
| Notes: | peak means 'maximize,' peek means 'to peep or snoop,' and pique means 'to excite or irritate' |
| Antonyms: | fall, hit bottom, plunge |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | precipice |
| Synonyms: | bank, cliff, crag, escarpment, headland, hill, mountain, peak, promontory, ridge, rock |
| Main Entry: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | come to top; culminate |
| Synonyms: | accomplish, achieve, break the record, cap, come, come to a head, conclude, content, crown, end, finish, fulfill, hit high spot, orgasm, peak, please, reach a peak, reach the zenith, rise to crescendo, satisfy, succeed, terminate, top, tower |
| Antonyms: | delve, dip, drop, fall off |
| 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 |
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