summit
The very top of a mountain or hill.
summit in a sentence
- After six hours of climbing, they finally reached the snowy summit and cheered.
- We flew our kites from the summit of the hill, the highest point for miles around.
Try an 11+ style question
Verbal reasoning papers often ask about a word like this.
Which word is closest in meaning to summit?
- Abase
- Btop
- Cbottom
- Dfoot
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B: top. The other three mean the opposite of summit.
Which word is most nearly opposite in meaning to summit?
- Apeak
- Btip
- Cbottom
- Dtop
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C: bottom. The other three mean nearly the same as summit.
Words that mean something similar
top, peak, tip
Words that mean the opposite
bottom, base, foot
More words about places & settings
- thicket: A thick group of bushes and small trees growing close together.
- tranquil: Completely calm, quiet and peaceful.
- treacherous: Dangerous and full of hidden risks, or unable to be trusted.
- undergrowth: The bushes and plants that grow thickly under trees.
- vacant: Empty, with nobody using it.
- verge: The edge of something, or the moment just before something happens.
- void: A completely empty space.
- yonder: Over there, some distance away.
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