| acme | | |
| n. (state) | 1. acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop, top | the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" |
| ~ degree, stage, level, point | a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process.; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" |
| n. (location) | 2. acme, apex, peak, vertex | the highest point (of something).; "at the peak of the pyramid" |
| ~ crown | the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head. |
| ~ roof peak | the highest point of a roof. |
| ~ extreme point, extremum, extreme | the point located farthest from the middle of something. |
| pinnacle | | |
| n. (artifact) | 1. pinnacle | (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower. |
| ~ spire, steeple | a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top. |
| ~ architecture | the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings.; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" |
| n. (location) | 2. pinnacle | a lofty peak. |
| ~ crest, summit, top, peak, tip, crown | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill).; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit" |
| v. (stative) | 3. pinnacle | surmount with a pinnacle.; "pinnacle a pediment" |
| ~ surmount | be on top of.; "The scarf surmounted the gown" |
| v. (motion) | 4. pinnacle | raise on or as if on a pinnacle.; "He did not want to be pinnacled" |
| ~ lift, elevate, raise, get up, bring up | raise from a lower to a higher position.; "Raise your hands"; "Lift a load" |
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