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Synonyms for crest
krɛstcrest

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Wiktionary0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crestnoun

    Synonyms:
    cockscomb, comb

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crest

    Synonyms:
    top, summit, apex, bead, crown

    Antonyms:
    base, foot, bottom, sole

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  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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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crestnoun

    Synonyms:
    tuft, plume, COMB

  2. crestnoun

    Synonyms:
    top, crown, summit, highest part

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. crestnoun

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

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "crest":

    ridge, emblem, crête, peak, badge

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How to use crest in a sentence?

  1. Mike Steele:

    We could be seeing more problems as rivers start to crest.

  2. 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.

  3. Tom Waits:

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

  4. 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.

  5. Edwin Markham:

    The crest and crowning of all good, Life's final star, is Brotherhood.


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