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pinnacle noun [ ˈpɪnək(ə)l ]

• the most successful point; the culmination.
• "he had reached the pinnacle of his career"
Similar: highest level, peak, height, high point/spot, summit, top, climax, crowning point, peak of perfection, apex, vertex, zenith, apogee, ascendancy, upper limit, acme, meridian,
Opposite: nadir, trough,
• a high, pointed piece of rock.
Similar: peak, needle, crag, tor, summit, top, mountaintop, crest, apex, tip, vertex, aiguille, serac, puy, hoodoo, inselberg,

pinnacle verb

• form the culminating point or example of.
• set on or as if on a pinnacle.
Origin: Middle English: from Old French, from late Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna ‘wing, point’.


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