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acme

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ac=me

CIDE DICTIONARY

acmen. [Gr. point, top.].
  •  The top or highest point; the culmination.  [1913 Webster]
    "The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry."  [1913 Webster]
    "The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy."  [1913 Webster]
  •  The crisis or height of a disease.  [1913 Webster]
  •  Mature age; full bloom of life.  B. Jonson.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

acme, n. the highest point or period (of achievement, success, etc.); the peak of perfection (displayed the acme of good taste).

Etymology
Gk, = highest point

THESAURUS

acme

Olympian heights, acme of perfection, aerial heights, all, apex, apogee, apotheosis, authority, authorization, be-all and end-all, beau ideal, best type, blue ribbon, brow, cap, capstone, ceiling, championship, climax, cloud nine, command, consummation, control, crest, crown, culmen, culmination, cynosure, directorship, dizzy heights, dominion, edge, effectiveness, ego ideal, elevation, eminence, end, ether, extreme, extreme limit, extremity, first place, first prize, headship, heaven, heavens, hegemony, height, heights, hero, high noon, highest, highest degree, highest pitch, highest point, ideal, imperium, influence, jurisdiction, kingship, last word, leadership, lift, limit, lordship, management, mastership, mastery, maximum, meridian, mirror, most, mountaintop, ne plus ultra, new high, no place higher, noon, nth degree, palms, paragon, paramountcy, peak, perfection, pink, pink of perfection, pinnacle, pitch, point, pole, power, presidency, primacy, raise, record, ridge, rise, rising ground, rule, say, seventh heaven, shining example, sky, sovereignty, spire, steep, stratosphere, summit, supremacy, sway, the whole, tip, tip-top, top, top spot, ultimate, upmost, upper extremity, uppermost, uprise, utmost, utmost extent, uttermost, vantage ground, vantage point, vertex, very top, zenith

ROGET THESAURUS

acme

Summit

N summit, summity, top, peak, vertex, apex, zenith, pinnacle, acme, culmination, meridian, utmost height, ne plus utra, height, pitch, maximum, climax, culminating point, crowning point, turning point, turn of the tide, fountain head, water shed, water parting, sky, pole, tip, tip top, crest, crow's nest, cap, truck, nib, end, crown, brow, head, nob, noddle, pate, capsheaf, high places, heights, topgallant mast, sky scraper, quarter deck, hurricane deck, architrave, frieze, cornice, coping stone, zoophorus, capital, epistyle, sconce, pediment, entablature, tympanum, ceiling, attic, loft, garret, house top, upper story, summit conference, summit, peak of achievement, peak of performance, peaks and troughs, peaks and valleys (in graphs), highest &c (high), top, top most, upper most, tiptop, culminating, meridian, meridional, capital, head, polar, supreme, supernal, topgallant, atop, at the top of the tree, en flute, fleur deau.


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