acme

1. 1.

   the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

   “his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty”

   “the artist's 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”

   Synonymsheightelevationpeakpinnaclesummitsuperlativemeridiantiptoptop

   Broaderdegree
2. 2.

   the highest point (of something)

   “at the peak of the pyramid”

   Synonymsvertexpeakapex

   Broaderextreme point

   Narrowercrownroof peak

Other forms of acme

plural

acmes·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about acme

What does acme mean?

acme means "the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in acme?

acme has 2 syllables, though it cannot be divided in writing — the spelling has fewer vowels than the word has beats. In IPA it is /ˈækmi/.

What is another word for acme?

Close synonyms include height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is acme a common word?

acme is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.