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Synonyms of peak in English:

peak


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See Spanish definition of cima

noun

1‘there was snow on the very peaks of the mountains’

SYNONYMS
summit, top, crest, pinnacle, mountaintop, spire, heights, brow, apex, crown, tip, cap, vertex, acme, zenith, apogee

2‘the highest unclimbed peak in the Karakoram’

SYNONYMS
mountain, hill, height, alp, aiguille, serac, puy, crag, tor, inselberg
bluff, scarp, escarpment, eminence, prominence, elevation
ridge, range, massif, sierra, cordillera
Scottish ben, Munro
Scottish, Northern English law
South African berg
jebel
archaic mount

3‘the peak of a cap’

SYNONYMS
brim, visor

4‘he is at the peak of his career as a singer’

SYNONYMS
height, high point, high spot, pinnacle, summit, top, highlight, climax, culmination, consummation, epitome, apex, zenith, ascendancy, crowning point, peak of perfection
acme, meridian, apogee, prime, heyday, ne plus ultra, nonpareil, best part, perfection, top form, highest level
ANTONYMS

bottom, nadir, trough


verb

1‘Labour support may have peaked last week’

SYNONYMS
reach its highest point, reach the high point
climax, reach a climax, come to a climax, culminate, reach the zenith, come to a head

adjective

1‘storage capacity has to be adequate to meet peak loads’

SYNONYMS
maximum, maximal, top, greatest, highest, utmost, uttermost, extreme
ultimate, best, optimum
ANTONYMS

minimum