Thesaurus:apex
English
Noun
Sense: the point in time of highest intensity or success
Synonyms
- acme
- apex
- apogee
- apotheosis
- ascendance
- capstone (figurative)
- climax
- coronation (figurative)
- crown (figurative)
- culmination
- Everest (figurative)
- extreme
- fastigium
- high note (figurative)
- high point
- high tide (figurative)
- high-water mark (figurative)
- midday [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
- outblossom
- paroxysm
- perihelion (figurative)
- pinnacle
- summa (figurative)
- summit [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)
Antonyms
Hypernyms
Various
Further reading
- “210. summit” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “apex” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.