Thesaurus:apex

Thesaurus

apex

English

Noun

Sense: the point in time of highest intensity or success

Synonyms

• acme
• apex
• apogee
• apotheosis
• ascendance
• capstone (figurative)
• climax
• culmination
• Everest (figurative)
• fastigium
• noon (figurative)
• perihelion (figurative)
• pinnacle
• summit    [⇒ thesaurus] (figurative)

Antonyms

• bathos
• lowest ebb
• nadir (figurative)
• slough of despond
• trough

Hypernyms

• moment    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• mother of all

Further reading

• “210. summit” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “apex” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.