pinnacle

Meaning

Noun

1. The highest point.
2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
3. (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
4. An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

Verb

1. (transitive) To place on a pinnacle.
2. (transitive) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Synonyms

peak

summit

top

🔝

climax

steeple

spire

zenith

finial

mountain peak

apex

acme

mountain top

mountain

⛰️

height

meridian

tiptop

superlative

lift up

elevation

turret

reef pinnacle

there is a protuberance

apogee

canopy

crown

👑

forehead

gable

head

heyday

pillar

projection

raise

ridge

rock

🪨

stack

tip top

tower

goldentop

aiguille

highest point

coral pinnacle

Translations

pinacle

pináculo

Fiale

Gipfel

spits

toppunt

🔝

cime

fiaal

Spitze

top

🔝

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpɪnəkəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: -

In summary

From Middle English, borrowed from Old French pinacle, pinnacle, from Late Latin pinnaculum (“a peak, pinnacle”), from Latin pinna (“a pinnacle”); see pin. Doublet of panache.