Zenith synonyms

zē'nĭth

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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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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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crown
The portion of a cut gem above the girdle.
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summit
(Countable) A peak; the top of a mountain.
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eminence
A rise of ground; a hill.
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acme
Mature age; full bloom of life.
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meridian
(Archaic) The highest point in the sky reached by the sun or another celestial body; a zenith.
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highest point
The highest point or state
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climax
A series of statements or ideas in an ascending order of rhetorical force or intensity.
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fastigium
(Architecture) A pediment or gable end
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culmination
A culminating; reaching of the highest or lowest altitude or point
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tip
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
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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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tiptop
(Figuratively) The highest or utmost degree; the best of anything.
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payoff
The act, event, or time of payment
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base. See syn. study at summit.summit (antonym)
The highest point or state
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height
The condition or attribute of being relatively or sufficiently high or tall:
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nadir (antonym)
The point of the celestial sphere, directly opposite the zenith; inferior pole of the horizon; point of the celestial sphere directly under the place where we stand.
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aphelion (related)
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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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maximum height
The highest point or state
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altitude
A high location or area.
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cap
A close-fitting head covering either without a brim or with a peak.
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culminating point
The highest point or state
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bottom (antonym)
The lowest or least favorable position:
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foundation (antonym)
A foundation is defined as an organization set up to finance or complete projects, usually for a non-profit organization such as a school or a church.
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apex
The highest point; peak; vertex
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elevation
The act or an instance of elevating:
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roof
The top covering of something:
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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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high (related)
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
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  • These years mark the zenith of Athenian greatness.

  • The sun was well past its zenith and headed toward the trees on the west side of the cabin.

  • The exhibitions in the arena were perhaps at their zenith during his tenure of power.

  • Sikhism attained its zenith under the military genius of Ranjit Singh.

  • Anne Boleyn had now reached the zenith of her hopes.

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