SPIRES Synonyms

• a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building

• slender tower with balconies

• the leaf of a conifer

• a slender pointer for indicating the reading on the scale of a measuring instrument

• a sharp pointed implement (usually steel)

• a stylus that formerly made sound by following a groove in a phonograph record

• annoy or provoke, as by constant criticism

• prick with a needle

• a stone pillar having a rectangular cross section tapering towards a pyramidal top

• a character used in printing to indicate a second cross reference or footnote when the asterisk has already been used

• 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

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top

• a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

• a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

• anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower

• appear very large or occupy a commanding position

• a small tower extending above a building

• a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation

• a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top