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adjective
best, most important; highest
Synonyms: apical, capital, chief, crack, crowning, culminating, dominant, elite, excellent, fine, finest, first, first-class, first-rate, five-star, foremost, greatest, head, lead, leading, loftiest, maximal, maximum, outside, paramount, preeminent, primary, prime, principal, ruling, sovereign, superior, supreme, tiptop, top-drawer, topmost, top-notch, upper, uppermost
Antonyms: least, low, lower, lowest, second-rate, unimportant
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noun
highest point
Synonyms: acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, fastigium, finial, head, height, high point, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, superficies, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith
Antonyms: base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir
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noun
highest rank
Synonyms: best, captain, chief, choice, cream, elite, first place, flower, head, lead, leader, pick, pride, prime, prize, utmost
Antonyms: bottom, lowest
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verb
place on or reach highest part
Synonyms: ascend, cap, climb, cloak, clothe, cover, crest, crown, face, finish, garnish, piggyback, protect, reinforce, roof, scale, spread over, superimpose, surmount, tip
Antonyms: descend, drop, fall, lower
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verb
surpass
Synonyms: bash, beat, be first, best, better, blow away, clobber, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, finagle, fox, go beyond, goose, outdo, outfox, outshine, outstrip, overrun, run circles around, shut out, total, transcend
Antonyms: fall behind, lose
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verb
remove the upper part
Synonyms: amputate, cream, crop, curtail, cut off, decapitate, detruncate, dock, file off, lop off, pare, pollard, prune, ream, scrape off, shave off, shear, shorten, skim, trim, truncate
Antonyms: add, replace