English Explanatory Dictionary

pinnacle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The highest point.
  2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
  3. 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. To place on a pinnacle.
  2. To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
name
  1. A locality in the Weddin council area, central New South Wales, Australia.

Pronunciation

/ˈpɪnəkəl/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-pinnacle.wav

Word forms

pinnacle pinnacles pinnacling pinnacled

Etymology

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

Synonyms

acme peak summit zenith apex apogee apotheosis ascendance capstone climax coronation crown culmination Everest extreme fastigium high note high point high tide high-water mark midday outblossom paroxysm perihelion pinnacle summa

Antonyms

nadir

Derived words

Pinnacle Swamp The Pinnacles
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