1. The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
   "… catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame";
   - acme, height, elevation, peak, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
    
2. A tall pointed rock formation or mountain peak
   "The climbers finally reached the pinnacle of the mountain"
    
3. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower
   "The Gothic cathedral was adorned with ornate pinnacles"

1. Raise on or as if on a pinnacle
   "He did not want to be pinnacled"
    
2. Surmount with a pinnacle
   "pinnacle a pediment"

Derived forms: pinnacling, pinnacled, pinnacles

Type of: bring up, crest, crown, degree, elevate, get up, level, lift, peak, phase, phasis, point, raise, spire, stage, steeple, summit, surmount, tip, top

Encyclopedia: Pinnacle, Queensland