noun
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
noun
the highest level or degree attainable
Synonyms
Examples
- 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
verb
surmount with a pinnacle
Examples
- pinnacle a pediment
verb
raise on or as if on a pinnacle
Examples
- He did not want to be pinnacled