(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty; the artists gifts are at their acme; at the height of her career; the peak of perfection; summer was at its peak; ...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame; the summit of his ambition; so many highest superlatives achieved by man; at the top of his profession

[ Syn: acme , height , elevation , peak , summit , superlative , meridian , tiptop , top ]

a lofty peak

surmount with a pinnacle; pinnacle a pediment'

raise on or as if on a pinnacle; He did not want to be pinnacled'