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A Word A Day : Zenith
Word of 5th May 2007: A Word A Day-Zenith
Zenith
He took voluntary retirement at the zenith of his career.
Synonyms:
Acme
Apex
Climax
Crest
Peak
Pinnacle
Summit
Top
Apogee
Contextual Examples:
By dint of hard labor he reached the acme of success.
At 45 he’d reached the apex of his career.
Her intervention brought their quarrel to climax.
He was riding the crest of a new wave of popular fame.
The climbers made camp half way up the peak.
My office is at the top of the building.
Antonyms:
Base
Bottom
Depths
Lowest point
Nadir
Rock bottom
Contextual Examples:
She used her family’s history as a base for her novel.
There are tea-leaves in the bottom of my cup.
Water was found at a depth of 40 feet under ground.
Company losses reached their nadir in 1995.
Prices have reached rock bottom.