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Definition of apex : 1. The end or edge of a vein nearest the surface.
2. The tip, top, point, or angular summit of anything; as, the apex of a mountain, spire, or cone; the apex, or tip, of a leaf.

Synonyms:

noon, meridian, golden age, bottom, eyeshade, ne plus ultra, vertex, nose, high tide, nib, blossom, glory days, prime, cusp, apogee, someone's day in the sun, breakthrough, solar apex, sum, bill, base, high noon, roof, acicula, capstone, brim, crescendo, tip-top, acumination, flowering, heyday, corner, bump, high-water mark, pike, fastigium, head, apex of the sun's way, tiptop, payoff, mucro, bloom, efflorescence, high, point, flush, mucronation, vizor, visor, flower, height, comeback, bevel, extremum, back, sharp, superlative, noontime, elevation

joyfulness, nirvana, acme, paradise, hereafter, wonderland, everlastingness, eternity, bliss, glory, land o'goshen, fairyland, happiness, heaven, stratosphere, shangri-la, goshen, dreamland, Zion, zenith, ether, afterworld, summit, azure, climax, Canaan, spire, immortality, rhapsody, Eden, ecstasy, mountaintop, culmination, pinnacle

loftiest, topmost, brow, culminating, tip, uppermost point, crest, extreme, crowning, uppermost, topmost point, headmost, peak, capping, highest, crown, cap, highest point, top, study atsummit

cutoff, bounds, fringe, extremity, brink, boundary, limitation, end, maximum, restriction, rim, terminus, confines, edge, deadline, border, limit

Usage examples:

• On its apex was Azurecrest, the hermitage of The Gray Phantom.
• The tavern was not over ten feet high at the apex of the roof; it had been built for two or three years, and the grass was now growing on top. - "The Mystery of Metropolisville", Edward Eggleston.
• Perhaps the most remarkable feature is the marking of the wings, the upper sides of the front pair having an orange patch near the apex and the under sides having a background of delicate whitish or yellowish green, lined and spotted with darker coloring in a very characteristic way. - "Butterflies Worth Knowing", Clarence M. Weed.