Antonyms for crest
krɛstcrest

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1. crestnoun

   Synonyms:
   cockscomb, comb

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1. crest

   Antonyms:
   base, foot, bottom, sole

   Synonyms:
   top, summit, apex, bead, crown

Matched Categories

1. • Emblem
   • Heraldry
   • Line
   • Peak
   • Top

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1. crestnoun

   the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

   Synonyms:
   summit, top, tip, crown, peak

2. peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summitnoun

   the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

   "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the tip of Monadnock"; "the region is a few molecules wide at the summit"

   Synonyms:
   wind, hint, top of the inning, cap, bloom, heyday, diadem, efflorescence, treetop, bakshis, teetotum, pate, crown, upper side, backsheesh, visor, confidential information, round top, circus tent, peak, poll, elevation, point, pourboire, upside, lead, vizor, prime, big top, baksheesh, apex, steer, pennant, eyeshade, bill, extremum, top side, whirligig, bakshish, meridian, blossom, acme, gratuity, pinnacle, flower, flush, cover, spinning top, summit meeting, jacket crown, top, superlative, jacket, tiptop, vertex, summit, tip, crownwork, height

3. crown, crestnoun

   the center of a cambered road

   Synonyms:
   peak, top, crownwork, pate, summit, jacket, jacket crown, pennant, diadem, cap, tip, crown, treetop, poll

4. crestnoun

   (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

   Synonyms:
   summit, top, tip, crown, peak

5. crestverb

   a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

   Synonyms:
   summit, top, tip, crown, peak

6. cap, crestverb

   lie at the top of

   "Snow capped the mountains"

   Synonyms:
   cap

7. crestverb

   reach a high point

   "The river crested last night"

   Synonyms:
   cap

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1. crestnoun

   Synonyms:
   tuft, helmet, top, ridge, crown, summit, armorial bearings, device, cognizance

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1. trough

   the bottom of wave

   Submitted by anonymous on February 2, 2021  

How to use crest in a sentence?

1. Olivia de Havilland:

   Famous people feel that they must perpetually be on the crest of the wave, not realising that it is against all the rules of life. You can't be on top all the time, it isn't natural.

2. Vanna Bonta:

   Looking up and out, how can we not respect this ever-vigilant cognizance that distinguishes us: the capability to envision, to dream, and to invent? the ability to ponder ourselves? and be aware of our existence on the outer arm of a spiral galaxy in an immeasurable ocean of stars? Cognizance is our crest.

3. Ohio University paleontologist Haley O'Brien:

   This structure was incredibly surprising, to see a hollow nasal crest outside of dinosaurs and in a mammal that lived so recently is very bizarre.

4. Tom Waits:

   I've been riding on the crest of a slump lately.

5. Freedman Fowler:

   Acristavus does not have a crest. The top of its skull is flat. Brachylophosaurus has a large, flat, paddle-shaped crest that completely covers the back of the top of its skull, it is a perfect example of evolution within a single lineage of dinosaurs over millions of years.

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