MAXIMUM Synonyms

• the highest point (of something)

• the point on the celestial sphere toward which the sun and solar system appear to be moving relative to the fixed stars

• highest in quality

• the most extreme possible amount or value

• the period of greatest prosperity or productivity

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

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• a V shape

• the highest point (of something)

• a brim that projects to the front to shade the eyes

• to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

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

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

• a lofty peak

• surmount with a pinnacle

• raise on or as if on a pinnacle

• final or last in your life or progress

• greatest in status or authority or power

• highest in excellence or achievement

• greatest or maximal in degree; extreme

• situated at the top or highest position

• the upper part of anything

• the highest or uppermost side of anything

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

• the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat

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

• the greatest possible intensity

• platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)

• a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance

• be superior or better than some standard

• pass by, over, or under without making contact

• be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point

• be ahead of others; be the first

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)

• reach or ascend the top of

• strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

• cut the top off

• be the culminating event

• finish up or conclude

• furthest or highest in degree or order; utmost or extreme

• the finest or most superior quality of its kind

• being the last or concluding element of a series

• greater than normal in quantity or amount

• (literal meaning) being at or having a relatively great or specific elevation or upward extension (sometimes used in combinations like `knee-high')

• used of sounds and voices; high in pitch or frequency

• a lofty level or position or degree

• an air mass of higher than normal pressure

• a state of sustained elation

• a state of altered consciousness induced by alcohol or narcotics

• a high place

• a public secondary school usually including grades 9 through 12

• a forward gear with a gear ratio that gives the greatest vehicle velocity for a given engine speed

• at a great altitude

• in or to a high position, amount, or degree

• in a rich manner

• far up toward the source

• standing above others in quality or position

• happy and excited and energetic

• (used of the smell of meat) smelling spoiled or tainted

• slightly and pleasantly intoxicated from alcohol or a drug (especially marijuana)

• the greatest or most complete or best possible

• street names for gamma hydroxybutyrate

• the greatest possible degree

• of the greatest possible degree or extent or intensity

• (comparatives of `far') most remote in space or time or order

• the greatest possible degree

• the largest possible quantity

• the limit on the upper (or northernmost) side of something