Acme

['ækmɪ] or ['ækmi]

Definition

(noun.) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; 'his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty'; 'the artist's gifts are at their acme'; 'at the height of her career'; 'the peak of perfection'; 'summer was at its peak'; '...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame'; 'the summit of his ambition'; 'so many highest superlatives achieved by man'; 'at the top of his profession'.

Checked by Dora--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) The top or highest point; the culmination.

(n.) The crisis or height of a disease.

(n.) Mature age; full bloom of life.

Typed by Leona

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Summit, top, apex, zenith, pinnacle, utmost height, highest point, culminating point, climax.

Editor: Margaret

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Summit, zenith, climax, apex, pitch, culmination, meridian

ANT:Base, floor, ground, foundation, nadir, depth, depression, foot, root

Editor: Nicolas

Definition

n. the top or highest point: the culmination or perfection in the career of anything: crisis as of a disease.—Acme skates the name given to a kind of skates formed of steel fixed to the boot by a mechanical device permitting them to be quickly fixed on or taken off.

Edited by Edward