Synonyms for apex
ˈeɪ pɛks; ˈeɪ pəˌsiz, ˈæp ə-apex

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1. apexnoun

   The highest point of something.

   the apex of the building

   Synonyms:
   pinnacle, height, culmination, tip, top, end, acme, peak, summit

2. apexnoun

   The moment of greatest success, expansion, etc.

   the apex of civilization

   Synonyms:
   top, summit, acme, peak, height, end, culmination, tip, pinnacle

3. apexnoun

   The topmost vertex of a cone or pyramid (in their conventional orientation).

   Synonyms:
   acme, height, culmination, top, summit, tip, peak, end, pinnacle

4. apexnoun

   The pointed end of something.

   Synonyms:
   culmination, tip, summit, peak, top, acme, height, end, pinnacle

5. apexnoun

   The end of a leaf, petal or similar organ opposed to the end where it is attached to its support; the tip.

   Synonyms:
   top, pinnacle, acme, height, peak, summit, tip, culmination, end

6. apexnoun

   The point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun appears to move relative to nearby stars.

   Synonyms:
   height, acme, tip, culmination, top, end, summit, pinnacle, peak

7. apexnoun

   The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.

   Synonyms:
   culmination, tip, summit, top, height, end, acme, pinnacle, peak

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. vertex, peak, apex, acmenoun

   the highest point (of something)

   "at the peak of the pyramid"

   Synonyms:
   top, eyeshade, vertex, height, tiptop, crest, pinnacle, tip, meridian, heyday, visor, crown, solar apex, blossom, bill, extremum, elevation, apex of the sun's way, summit, acme, flower, superlative, bloom, prime, peak, vizor, efflorescence, point, flush

   Antonyms:
   antapex

2. apex, solar apex, apex of the sun's waynoun

   the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

   Synonyms:
   acme, vertex, apex of the sun's way, peak, solar apex

   Antonyms:
   antapex

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1. apexnoun

   Synonyms:
   top, summit, acme, zenith, pinnacle, highest point, culminating point, utmost height

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:0.0 / 0 votes

1. List of paraphrases for "apex":

   tip, vertex, meristem, apical, summit, cusp, culmination

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1. List of known nicknames for "Apex":

   Apex Productionz, Matt Jarrett

Concise Medical Dictionary, by Joseph C Segen, MDRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. apex

   Synonyms:
   Apex, tip

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1. Will Partin:

   People play Fortnite partly because their friends are on Fortnite, the best-case scenario for the Apex Legends [ ESPN ] event is that it exposes the game to a lot of people who haven't tried the battle royale genre yet.

2. Matthew Myers:

   I'm hoping that this will inspire other people to do the same because as one person -- you can arrest one person, but if all the businesses in Apex open the day after today, you're not going to arrest all those people, i'm a law-abiding citizen. I've done nothing wrong. I'm not endangering lives, I'm trying to support my family.

3. Assemblyman Kevin Kiley:

   California has always sort of been the apex of the American dream.

4. Michele Jawando:

   For a long time in this country we've had a hard time developing a narrative around poverty, around race, so when there are incidents like this that sit at the apex of both, different people are going to have different reactions to that.

5. Governor Andrew Cuomo:

   We think we are at the apex on the plateau, we could lose all the progress we made in one week.