| NOUN | quantity | peak, extremum | the most extreme / extreme possible amount or value |
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| time | peak, flower, prime, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush | the period of greatest prosperity or productivity | |
| state | peak, acme, height, elevation, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top | the highest level or degree attainable | |
| location | peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit | the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | |
| shape | peak, point, tip | a V shape | |
| location | peak, vertex, apex, acme | the highest point / point (of something) | |
| artifact | peak, bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor | a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes | |
| VERB | motion | peak, top out | to reach the highest point |
| Sounds | piy'k | |
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| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | The most extreme / extreme possible amount or value. | |
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| Example | "voltage peak" | |
| Synonym | extremum | |
| Narrower | maximum, upper limit | The largest possible quantity |
| minimum, lower limit | The smallest possible quantity | |
| Broader | limit, limitation | The greatest amount of something that is possible or allowed |
| Spanish | máximo | |
| Catalan | màxim | |
| Adjectives | peaky | having or as if having especially high-pitched spots |
| Verbs | peak | to reach the highest point |
| Meaning | The period of greatest prosperity or productivity. | |
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| Synonyms | flower, prime, heyday, bloom, blossom, efflorescence, flush | |
| Narrower | golden age | A time period when some activity or skill was at its peak |
| Broader | time period, period of time, period | An amount of time |
| Spanish | apogeo, auge, flor | |
| Catalan | apogeu, auge | |
| Meaning | The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development. | |
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| Synonyms | acme, height, elevation, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top | |
| Broader | degree, level, stage, point | A specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process |
| Spanish | apogeo, auge, cima, cúspide, pico, súmmum, superlativo, tiptop | |
| Catalan | apogeu, caramull, cim, súmmum, tiptop | |
| Verbs | peak | to reach the highest point |
| Meaning | The top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill). | |
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| Example | "the view from the peak was magnificent" | |
| Synonyms | crown, crest, top, tip, summit | |
| Narrower | hilltop, brow | The peak of a hill |
| mountain peak | The summit of a mountain | |
| pinnacle | A lofty peak | |
| Broader | topographic point, place, spot | A point located with respect to surface features of some region |
| Spanish | cima, cresta, cumbre, cúspide, extremo superior, pico | |
| Catalan | cimalada, cimal, cim, cresta, cúspide, pic | |
| Meaning | A V shape. | |
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| Synonyms | point, tip | |
| Part of | alpenstock | A stout staff with a metal point |
| arrowhead | The pointed head or striking tip of an arrow | |
| cone, conoid, cone shape | A shape whose base is a circle and whose sides taper up to a point | |
| knife | A weapon with a handle and blade with a sharp point | |
| pencil | A thin cylindrical pointed writing implement | |
| sword, blade, brand, steel | A cutting or thrusting weapon that has a long metal blade and a hilt with a hand guard | |
| Narrower | cusp | small elevation on the grinding surface of a tooth |
| head | The tip of an abscess (where the pus accumulates) | |
| widow's peak | A V-shaped point in the hairline in the middle of the forehead | |
| Broader | convex shape, convexity | A shape that curves or bulges outward |
| Spanish | punta | |
| Catalan | punta, punxa | |
| Meaning | The highest point / point (of something). | |
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| Example | "at the peak of the pyramid" | |
| Synonyms | vertex, apex, acme | |
| Narrower | crown | The part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head |
| roof peak | The highest point of a roof | |
| Broader | extreme point, extreme, extremum | The point located farthest from the middle of something |
| Spanish | ápice, apogeo, cima, colmo, cumbre, cúspide, vértice | |
| Catalan | acme, àpex, cim, cúspide, vèrtex | |
| Meaning | A brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes. | |
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| Synonyms | bill, eyeshade, visor, vizor | |
| Part of | baseball cap, jockey cap, golf cap | A cap with a bill |
| kepi, peaked cap, service cap, yachting cap | A cap with a flat circular top and a visor | |
| Broader | brim | A circular projection that sticks outward from the crown of a hat |
| Spanish | visera | |
| Catalan | visera | |
| Meaning | To reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Example | "That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929" | |
| Synonym | top out | |
| Entails | rise, lift, arise, move up, go up, come up, uprise | Move upward |
| Narrower | crest | reach a high point |
| Broader | reach, make, attain, hit, arrive at, gain | Reach a destination / destination, either real or abstract |
| Opposite | bottom out | reach the low point |
| Nouns | peak | the most extreme / extreme possible amount or value |
| peak | the highest level or degree attainable | |
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