pinnacle
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
Types & categories
- steeple hypernym
Related & opposite
- pinnacle derivation
- pinnacle derivation
- architecture domain topic
Sense 2 verb
surmount with a pinnacle
pinnacle a pediment
Types & categories
- surmount hypernym
Related & opposite
- pinnacle derivation
Sense 3 noun
the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
Types & categories
- stage hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
raise on or as if on a pinnacle
He did not want to be pinnacled
Types & categories
- lift hypernym
Related & opposite
- pinnacle derivation
Sense 5 noun
a lofty peak
Types & categories
- crest hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pinnacle |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | pinnacle |
| 1 | domain topic | Related & opposite | architecture |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | steeple |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | pinnacle |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | surmount |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | peak |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | elevate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | top |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | top |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | meridian |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | superlative |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | stage |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | pinnacle |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | lift |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | crest |