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. Michael Pachter:

   Making Apex an esport will help drive the audience, making Apex gives players something to watch and learn from.

2. Cape Towns municipality:

   Further supporting evidence of the absence of these large apex predators is the lack of any feeding or bite marks on whale carcasses the city has removed from False Bay this year, we do not know how their absence from False Bay would affect the ecosystem.

3. 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.

4. Ocean Ramsey:

   They are not mindless man-eating machines, and they are not puppies, they are apex predators and need to be respected for that, we need them for their essential role in the marine environment, keeping ocean ecosystems healthy and in balance.

5. Robert Harcourt:

   I would foresee that there's going to be greater movement, an increase in geographic range, in a lot of these species, that's because the dynamics of climate change mean their suitable habitat in terms of water temperature and prey distribution is changing as well. And these animals are large, far-ranging apex predators.