CREST Synonyms: 94 Similar and Opposite Words

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noun

ˈkrest

Definition of crest

as in pinnacle

the highest part or point at that point the filmmaker was at the crest of his critical acclaim, which included winning an Oscar for best picture

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as in ridge

the line formed when two sloping surfaces come together along their topmost edge the hiking party reached the crest of the mountain just as it began to thunder

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crest

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verb

as in to peak

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Recent Examples of crest

Noun

One minute we were thrown up on a crest and could see the inferno of foaming water stretching away on all sides. — James D. Oxley, Outdoor Life, 5 Aug. 2026 The evacuation zone from the Sierra Nevada crest to Highway 395 was expanded to the north on Friday evening because of the new Cinder Complex, whose largest fires are designated as 5-3 and 5-4. — Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 27 July 2026

Verb

The pandemic disruption to schooling arrived just as progressive concerns about equity were cresting. — Idrees Kahloon, The Atlantic, 9 June 2026 The debt surpassed $39 trillion in mid-March and actually fell below it for several weeks before cresting to this point again. — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 20 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for crest

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Noun

The seaside resort was once the pinnacle of Victorian holiday-making.

— George Francis Lee, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026
The pinnacle was Brees' Super Bowl MVP performance against Indianapolis in February 2010 in Miami, marked by his second-half passing numbers of 19 completions on 20 attempts for 151 yards and two TDs.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of pinnacle

Noun

That contraction has compressed the planet’s crust, producing enormous cliffs and ridges known as lobate scarps.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 11 Aug. 2026
The town closest to the earthquake’s epicenter, San Jose del Palmar, has no airport, and is located on top of a mountain ridge along a highway linking the cities of Cali and Pereira.

— ABC News, ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of ridge

Verb

Current predictions through Friday show the White River levels will peak at 12 feet, 7 inches.

— Jen Guadarrama, IndyStar, 13 Aug. 2026
With ancient Greek tale The Odyssey still slashing its way to peak box office, the sword and sorcery age remains a potent genre for Hollywood.

— Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of peak

Noun

And there’s no such thing as an easy game, with the bottom teams capable of beating the top every week.

— Richard Sutcliffe, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
After the blow, Arellano appears to get on top of Hackett, who is still struggling and appears to be trying to twist off of her stomach, the video shows.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of top

Noun

Despite Villa reaching their zenith under Emery in May, there was a growing argument to undergo a stable transitional phase, providing youthful impetus and appearing proactive, rather than reactive, in lowering the age of the squad.

— Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
Civilizations could have risen to their zenith and crumbled in the time our micrometeoroid spent traversing the unfeeling expanse of interplanetary space, but its demise lasted but a fraction of a second.

— Anthony Wood, Space.com, 21 July 2026

Definition of zenith

Noun

Some have done so successfully, others have struggled to reach such heights.

— Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 11 Aug. 2026
These include a double-height great room featuring a bespoke light fixture that evokes a marine creature and a formal dining room anchored by a custom table measuring almost 20 feet long and topped with seafoam-green glass.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of height

Noun

The culmination of the fight is when Amanda asks Angus how the alcohol is going for her.

— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2026
Hundreds of pages of grand jury transcripts portray Tupac Shakur's shooting as a culmination of a longstanding feud between rival record labels Death Row Records and Bad Boy Records and rival gang sects Mob Piru and South Side Compton Crips.

— CBS News, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2026

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