summit

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. top (see height); maximum, climax; culminating, high, crowning, or turning point; tiptop; extremity. See perfection, superiority.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [Topmost point]

Syn. apex, vertex, crest, peak, point, top, crown; see also mountain 1 , top 1 .

2. [Highest state]

Syn. acme, zenith, climax, culmination, pinnacle, consummation.

Syn.- summit literally refers to the topmost point of a hill or similar elevation and, figuratively, to the highest attainable level, as of achievement; peak refers to the highest of a number of high points, as in a mountain range or, figuratively, in a graph; climax applies to the highest point, as in interest, force, excitement, etc., in a scale of ascending values; acme refers to the highest possible point of perfection in the development or progress of something; apex suggests the highest point (literally, of a geometric figure such as a cone; figuratively, of a career, process, etc.) where all ascending lines, courses, etc. ultimately meet; pinnacle , in its figurative uses, is equivalent to summit or peak , but sometimes connotes a giddy or unsteady height; zenith literally refers to the highest point in the heavens and hence figuratively suggests fame or success reached by a spectacular rise

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

top, peak, apex, high point, zenith, crown, height, pinnacle, crest, acme, vertex, head, cap, limit, climax.

ANT.: bottom, depth, low

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The highest point: apex, cap, crest, crown, height, peak, roof, top, vertex. See HIGH. 2. The highest point or state: acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, top, zenith. Informal: payoff. Medicine: fastigium. See HIGH.