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