MOUNTAINTOPS Synonyms: 23 Similar and Opposite Words

mountaintops

noun

plural of mountaintop

as in summits

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Noun

Success of past summits often hinged on whether the 32-member body reached consensus on parrying Russian threats.

— Elizabeth Robinson, NBC news, 7 July 2026
The challenge Kate took part in involved climbing the highest summits in Scotland, England and Wales — Ben Nevis, Scafell Pike and Snowdon, respectively — within 24 hours.

— Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 5 July 2026

Definition of summits

Noun

The Ed Sullivan Theater, which first opened in 1927, is a 13-story shadow box preserving bits from a rich history of pop culture pinnacles past.

— Edward Segarra, USA Today, 2 July 2026
The human hand is one of three pinnacles of hominid evolution, along with the brain and the voice box.

— Stephen Witt, New Yorker, 29 June 2026

Definition of pinnacles

Noun

Eduardo Cuevas Times Square was beating with blaring horns as military bands performed onstage in the middle of the New York City tourist destination to celebrate Independence Day.

— Karissa Waddick, USA Today, 4 July 2026
Passing motorists on Rosalind Avenue beeped their horns to complete the tumult for independence.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 4 July 2026

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