Acme Synonyms and Antonyms

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Synonyms for Acme

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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highest point
The highest point, as of achievement or development:
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heyday
The period of greatest popularity, success, or power; prime.
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superlative
(Informal) An adjective used to praise something exceptional.
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capstone
A crowning achievement, culmination or finishing touch
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greatest
Superlative form of great: most great
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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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consummation
The act of consummating; a fulfillment.
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mountaintop
The top of a mountain
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summit
(Countable) A gathering or assembly of leaders.
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payoff
The act, event, or time of payment
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end
Death, especially miserable.
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maximum
(Colloquial, darts) A score of 180 with three darts.
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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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tiptop
(Informal) The highest in quality or excellence; best
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fastigium
(Architecture) A pediment or gable end
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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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climax
The final, culminating element or event in a series; highest point, as of interest or excitement
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crest
The highest point, level, degree, etc.
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crown
The portion of a cut gem above the girdle.
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culmination
Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.
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height
The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall:
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meridian
The time at which the sun reaches its highest point in the sky; noon.
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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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pinnacle
A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
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top
(Nautical) A platform enclosing the head of each mast of a sailing ship, to which the topmast rigging is attached.
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cap
A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
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excellence
(Now Rare) Something in which a person or thing excels; particular virtue
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ultimate
The final or most distant point; the conclusion
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elevation
The height thus attained
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Antonyms for Acme

nadir
That point of the celestial sphere directly opposite to the zenith and directly below the observer
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The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
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The highest point, as of achievement or development:
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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.

  • 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.

  • 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.

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