Word Meanings - ACME - Book Publishers vocabulary database

The crisis or height of a disease. 3. Mature age; full bloom of life. B. Jonson. (more info) 1. The top or highest point; the culmination. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of

Additional info about word: ACME

The crisis or height of a disease. 3. Mature age; full bloom of life. B. Jonson. (more info) 1. The top or highest point; the culmination. The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope. The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ACME)

• Climax
• Summit
• height
• consummation
• acme
• point
• head
• mered
• ian
• culmination
• zenith
• Cream
• Marrow
• pith
• gist
• Culmination
• Consummation
• meridian
• apex
• success
• completion
• Flower
• Perfection
• blossom
• bloom
• pride
• ornament
• gem
• cream
• Head
• Top
• crown
• chief
• leader
• ruler
• mind
• source
• section
• division
• topic
• gathering
• crisis
• leadership
• guide
• commander
• summit

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