All crest synonyms
crest
C c noun crest
- ridge β a long, narrow elevation of land; a chain of hills or mountains.
- peak β the pointed top of a mountain or ridge.
- height β extent or distance upward: The balloon stopped rising at a height of 500 feet.
- culmination β Something, especially something important, that is the culmination of an activity, process, or series of events happens at the end of it.
- crescendo β A crescendo is a noise that gets louder and louder. Some people also use crescendo to refer to the point when a noise is at its loudest.
- head β Edith, 1897β1981, U.S. costume designer.
- pinnacle β a lofty peak.
- acme β The acme of something is its highest point of achievement or excellence.
- noon β midday.
- apex β An Apex or an Apex ticket is a ticket for a journey by air or rail which costs less than the standard ticket, but which you have to book a specified period in advance.
- vertex β the highest point of something; apex; summit; top: the vertex of a mountain.
- top β Technical/Office Protocol
- crown β A crown is a circular ornament, usually made of gold and jewels, which a king or queen wears on their head at official ceremonies. You can also use crown to refer to anything circular that is worn on someone's head.
- roof β the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- summit β a city in NE New Jersey.
- apogee β The apogee of something such as a culture or a business is its highest or its greatest point.
- climax β The climax of something is the most exciting or important moment in it, usually near the end.
- device β A device is an object that has been invented for a particular purpose, for example for recording or measuring something.
- charge β If you charge someone an amount of money, you ask them to pay that amount for something that you have sold to them or done for them.
- badge β A badge is a piece of metal or cloth which you wear to show that you belong to an organization or support a cause. American English usually uses button to refer to a small round metal badge.
- insignia β singular of insignia.
- bearings β a sense of one's relative position or situation; orientation (esp in the phrases lose, get, or take one's bearings)
- panache β a grand or flamboyant manner; verve; style; flair: The actor who would play Cyrano must have panache.
- tuft β a bunch or cluster of small, usually soft and flexible parts, as feathers or hairs, attached or fixed closely together at the base and loose at the upper ends.
- plume β a feather.
- feather β one of the horny structures forming the principal covering of birds, consisting typically of a hard, tubular portion attached to the body and tapering into a thinner, stemlike portion bearing a series of slender, barbed processes that interlock to form a flat structure on each side.
- comb β A comb is a flat piece of plastic or metal with narrow pointed teeth along one side, which you use to tidy your hair.
- hogback β a long, sharply crested ridge, generally formed of steeply inclined strata that are especially resistant to erosion.
- tassel β a pendent ornament consisting commonly of a bunch of threads, small cords, or other strands hanging from a roundish knob or head, used on clothing, in jewelry, on curtains, etc.
- aigrette β a long plume worn on hats or as a headdress, esp one of long egret feathers
- chine β the backbone
- mane β the long hair growing on the back of or around the neck and neighboring parts of some animals, as the horse or lion.
- cockscomb β the comb of a domestic cock
- caruncle β a fleshy outgrowth on the heads of certain birds, such as a cock's comb
verb crest
- piggyback β on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- downs β from higher to lower; in descending direction or order; toward, into, or in a lower position: to come down the ladder.
- rise above β to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- top off β the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- button up β to fasten (a garment) with a button or buttons
- surmount β to mount upon; get on the top of; mount upon and cross over: to surmount a hill.
- button down β (of a shirt collar) having buttonholes so it can be buttoned to the body of the shirt.
- roofing β the act of covering with a roof.
- top out β the highest or loftiest point or part of anything; apex; summit. Synonyms: zenith, acme, peak, pinnacle, vertex. Antonyms: bottom, base, foot, lowest point.
- cresting β an ornamental ridge along the top of a roof, wall, etc
- overtop β to rise over or above the top of: a skyscraper that overtops all the other buildings.
- crested β A crested bird is a bird that has a crest on its head.
- cap β A cap is a soft, flat hat with a curved part at the front which is called a peak. Caps are usually worn by men and boys.
- overing β above in place or position: the roof over one's head.
- cob β A cob is a type of short strong horse.
- roofed β the external upper covering of a house or other building.