MOUNTAINTOP Synonyms: 22 Similar and Opposite Words

mountaintop

noun

Definition of mountaintop

as in summit

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Recent Examples of mountaintop As the air thins, so do the trees, revealing sunlit mountaintop meadows dotted with wildflowers. — Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 10 Aug. 2026 Jorge Messi was seen on the field with his son after reaching the sport's mountaintop. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 8 Aug. 2026 The upload was a single photo of Towle standing on a mountaintop, smiling with the sun beaming behind her. — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 7 Aug. 2026 In satellite data captured over Antarctica, what appears to be a beautiful, colorful hummingbird emerges from the crest of a mountaintop. — Chelsea Gohd, Space.com, 23 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for mountaintop

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mountaintop

Noun

The Life of a Showgirl, which dropped in the fall of 2025 and immediately soared to the summit with the largest opening figure of all time, became her milestone fifteenth champion.

— Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Trump has also failed to hold the annual summits of the Quad, raising doubts that the United States is committed to that security partnership and to preventing Chinese dominance across Asia.

— C. Raja Mohan, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of summit

Noun

By Christmas it had been canonized as the pinnacle of ‘sad girl lit’ with Martha taking her place in that post-Fleabag lineage of fractured female characters.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2026
Researchers told me that many Democrats believe that the pinnacle of achievement is having a good education and a fruitful career.

— Olga Khazan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2026

Definition of pinnacle

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There are very few tools that can accurately assess skills, but relying on managerial judgment alone is fraught with biases like the halo, horn and recency effects.

— Tonushree Mondal, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
This dynamic complements the friendly camaraderie between Maki and Omura, the former of whom is a bubbly girl and the latter a more laidback, blue-skinned male humanoid with horns.

— George Yang, Space.com, 1 Sep. 2026