Acme synonyms

ăk'mē

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climactic
Of, constituting, or in the order of a climax
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zenith
The point of culmination; the peak:
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apex
The definition of apex is the highest part of something.
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apogee
The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
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heyday
The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime.
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highest point
The highest point, as of achievement or development:
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capstone
A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch
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climacteric
A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place, calculated in different ways by different authorities (often identified as every seventh or ninth year). [from 17th c.]
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climax
The final statement in such a series.
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meridian
A plane section of a surface of revolution containing the axis of revolution.
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superlative
(Informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
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summit
(Countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
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greatest
Superlative form of great: most great
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consummation
The act of consummating; a fulfillment.
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culmination
A culminating; reaching of the highest or lowest altitude or point
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pinnacle
(Architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
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sublimity
(Uncountable) The state of being sublime.
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vertex
A corner point of a triangle, square, cube, parallelepiped, or other geometric figure bounded by lines, planes, or lines and planes
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payoff
The act, event, or time of payment
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tiptop
(Informal) The highest in quality or excellence; best
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mountaintop
The top of a mountain
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The highest point, as of achievement or development:
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fastigium
(Architecture) A pediment or gable end
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cap
A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
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crest
Any process or growth on the head of an animal, as a comb or feathered tuft on certain birds
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crown
(Nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling
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end
Death, especially miserable.
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excellence
(Now Rare) Something in which a person or thing excels; particular virtue
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height
The highest or uppermost point; the summit or apex:
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maximum
(Colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
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peak
(Geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.
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top
The head, or crown of the head
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ultimate
The final or most distant point; the conclusion
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nadir (antonym)
That point of the celestial sphere directly opposite to the zenith and directly below the observer
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high (related)
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
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elevation
The height thus attained
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Astec (related)
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seattle-based (related)
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textron (related)
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Acme Sentence Examples

  • The succeeding century Brought the Empire to the acme of its power, until Henry III.

  • The whole universe, however, was incomplete, and did not receive its finishing stroke till man was formed, who is the acme of the creation and the microcosm.

  • The quarrel with the margraves, however, did not interfere with the growth of the town's prosperity, which reached its acme in the 16th century.

  • It first became a flourishing place under the Normans and during the crusades, but attained the acme of its prosperity as a seat of trade with the East under the Angevin princes.

  • Just as "Uncle's" pickled mushrooms, honey, and cherry brandy had seemed to her the best in the world, so also that song, at that moment, seemed to her the acme of musical delight.

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