Meaning & Definition of Pinnacle in English

1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

2. The highest level or degree attainable

• The highest stage of development

• "His landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"

• "The artist's gifts are at their acme"

• "At the height of her career"

• "The peak of perfection"

• "Summer was at its peak"

• "...catapulted einstein to the pinnacle of fame"

• "The summit of his ambition"

• "So many highest superlatives achieved by man"

• "At the top of his profession"

3. A lofty peak

1. Surmount with a pinnacle

• "Pinnacle a pediment"

2. Raise on or as if on a pinnacle

• "He did not want to be pinnacled"