high point
noun [S]Definition
› the best part of an experience: The high point of the trip for me was visiting the Pyramids.Higher and lower points of achievementSuccess and achievementsFailures
(Definition of high point noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- apex noun
- apogee noun
- climax noun
- consummation noun (COMPLETION)
- fruition noun
- glory days noun
- height noun
- heyday noun
- high tide noun (SUCCESSFUL POINT)
- Indian summer noun (SUCCESSFUL TIME)
- nadir noun
- peak noun (HIGHEST POINT)
- peak verb
- pinnacle noun (SUCCESS)
- plumb the depths idiom
- rock bottom noun (LOW)
- the acme noun
- trough noun (LOW POINT)
- vertex noun
- zenith noun
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