PINNACLE: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PINNACLE?

Need another word that means the same as “pinnacle”? Find 37 synonyms and 30 related words for “pinnacle” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pinnacle” are: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, summit, superlative, tiptop, top, highest level, high point, high spot, climax, crowning point, peak of perfection, apex, vertex, zenith, apogee, ascendancy, upper limit, needle, crag, tor, mountaintop, crest, tip, turret, minaret, spire, belfry, obelisk, pyramid, cone, finial, shikara, mirador

Pinnacle as a Noun

Definitions of "Pinnacle" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pinnacle” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The most successful point; the culmination.
• A slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower.
• The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development.
• A lofty peak.
• A small pointed turret built as an ornament on a roof.
• (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower.
• A high, pointed piece of rock.

Synonyms of "Pinnacle" as a noun (37 Words)

acme	The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. The artist s gifts are at their acme.
apex	The growing point of a shoot. The central bank is at the apex of the financial system.
apogee	The point in the orbit of the moon or a satellite at which it is furthest from the earth. A film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema.
ascendancy	The state that exists when one person or group has power over another. The ascendancy of good over evil.
belfry	A bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building.
cone	Cone shaped mass of ovule or spore bearing scales or bracts. A cone of acrylic yarn.
crag	A shelly sandstone occurring in eastern England.
crest	The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill. A large game bird with a conspicuous erect red crest.
crowning point	The upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant.
elevation	The height of a dancer’s leap or jump. Her sudden elevation to the cabinet.
finial	An ornament at the top of a spire or gable; usually a foliated fleur-de-lis. Curving gables topped by sculptured finials.
height	Elevation above ground or a recognized level (typically sea level. The glider is gaining height.
high point	A state of sustained elation.
high spot	A state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics.
highest level	A state of sustained elation.
meridian	A town in eastern Mississippi. At the end of February Jupiter transits the meridian due south at 6 15 a m.
minaret	Slender tower with balconies.
mirador	A turret or tower attached to a building and providing an extensive view.
mountaintop	The area at the top of a mountain. A snow covered mountaintop.
needle	A stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record. There is already a little bit of needle between the sides.
obelisk	A mountain tree or other natural object resembling an obelisk in shape.
peak	The upper, outer corner of a sail extended by a gaff. The peak of perfection.
peak of perfection	The period of greatest prosperity or productivity.
pyramid	An object shape or arrangement in the form of a pyramid. The lowest strata of the social pyramid.
shikara	(in Kashmir) a houseboat.
spire	A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top. Spires of delphiniums.
summit	The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill. The summit of his ambition.
superlative	The superlative form of an adjective or adverb. The critics lavished superlatives on it.
tip	A V shape. The northern tip of Scotland.
tiptop	The extreme top or summit.
top	The top or extreme point of something usually a mountain or hill. Put your books on top of the desk.
tor	A high rocky hill. Glastonbury Tor.
turret	A low armoured tower, typically one that revolves, for a gun and gunners in a ship, aircraft, fort, or tank. A castle with fairy tale turrets.
upper limit	The higher of two berths.
vertex	The highest point; the top or apex.
zenith	The point in the sky or celestial sphere directly above an observer. In 1977 punk was at its zenith.

Usage Examples of "Pinnacle" as a noun

• He had reached the pinnacle of his career.
• …catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame.

Associations of "Pinnacle" (30 Words)

acme	The highest point (of something. His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty.
altitude	The apparent height of a celestial object above the horizon, measured in angular distance. Flight data including airspeed and altitude.
apex	The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars. The apex of his career was in 1966 when he hoisted aloft the World Cup for England.
apogee	The highest point in the development of something; a climax or culmination. A film which was the apogee of German expressionist cinema.
crest	The center of a cambered road. She crested a hill and saw the valley spread out before her.
edge	Provide with an edge. The water s edge.
elevated	Of high moral or intellectual value elevated in nature or style. The elevated canon of great literary texts.
elevation	A particular side of a building. As every gunner knows increasing the elevation beyond five degrees can be a risky business.
excrescence	An abnormal outgrowth or enlargement of some part of the body. The males often have a strange excrescence on the tip of the snout.
jag	Cut teeth into make a jagged cutting edge. He clutched a jag of the rock.
jut	Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. His sharp nose jutted out.
ladder	With reference to tights or stockings develop or cause to develop a ladder. One of Sally s stockings developed a ladder.
lofty	Haughty and aloof. Lofty intellectual disdain.
meridian	Relating to or situated at a meridian. All points on the same meridian have the same longitude.
minaret	Slender tower with balconies.
nadir	An extreme state of adversity; the lowest point of anything. Asking that question was the nadir of my career.
peak	The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. The canal was restored to peak condition.
plateau	A state of little or no change following a period of activity or progress. The industry s problems have plateaued out.
projection	The projection of an image from a film onto a screen. Quality illustrations for overhead projection.
protrusion	Something that bulges out or is protuberant or projects from its surroundings. A protrusion of rock jutted from the mountainside.
raised	Embellished with a raised pattern created by pressure or embroidery. Raised needlework.
rung	A strengthening crosspiece in the structure of a chair. We must ensure that the low skilled do not get trapped on the bottom rung.
summit	Reach the summit of a mountain. In 2013 658 climbers summited Everest.
superlative	A superlative adjective or adverb. A superlative piece of skill.
top	Strike the top part of a ball in golf baseball or pool giving it a forward spin. He couldn t get the top off of the bottle.
towering	Of great intensity. Hari looked up at the towering buildings.
uppermost	At or to the highest or most important position. Investors put environmental concerns uppermost on their list.
vertex	The highest point; the top or apex.
wart	An imperfection in someone or something that is suggestive of a wart especially in smallness or unattractiveness. What a bunch of nauseating little warts you are.
zenith	The time at which something is most powerful or successful. The sun was well past the zenith.