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

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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. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo:

   We apex, we plateaued, it's coming down the other side. That is good news, so we exhale, we can control the beast -- yes -- but the beast is still alive. We did not kill the beast. And the beast can rise up again.

2. Assemblyman Kevin Kiley:

   Since I’ve been in the legislature, things have just kind of gotten worse and worse in our state in terms of the effect of these radical and corrupt policies that we get from the likes of (California Gov.) Gavin Newsom, california has always sort of been the apex of the American dream.

3. Matthew Carrano:

   I knew that we needed something dramatic for what would inevitably be a centerpiece of the hall. And these are two dinosaur species that co-existed 68-66 million years ago in western North America, so it would represent a possible real-world interaction, but we've deliberately left the scenario open, as to whether this represents T. rex killing Triceratops or scavenging an already dead individual. The idea is to better portray the role of an apex predator, which is often opportunistic. In life, I imagine that even T. rex would have favored easier meals than a healthy, adult Triceratops – if such were available: young or sick or elderly individuals, for example.

4. Drew McCoy:

   We really wanted to create a day where you couldn't escape Apex if you cared about games and we wanted it to feel like an event was happening everywhere around the globe on that day, we had streamers from all over Europe, LatAm, North America, Korea, Japan so that we could get our message out there and people would see the game.

5. 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.