pinnacle

Nouns

  • (n) (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
  • (n) 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
    acme, meridian, summit, tiptop, elevation, height, superlative, peak, top,
  • (n) a lofty peak

Verbs

  • (v) surmount with a pinnacle
    • pinnacle a pediment
  • (v) raise on or as if on a pinnacle
    • He did not want to be pinnacled

Synonyms

acme meridian summit tiptop elevation height superlative peak top

Words of close approximity

pinnace