acme Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
    superlative; pinnacle; top; height; summit; peak; elevation; tiptop; meridian.
    • 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
  2. noun the highest point (of something)
    apex; vertex; peak.
    • at the peak of the pyramid

WordNet

Ac"me noun
Etymology
Gr. point, top.
Definitions
  1. The top or highest point; the culmination.
    The very acme and pitch of life for epic poetry. Pope.
    The moment when a certain power reaches the acme of its supremacy. I. Taylor.
  2. (Med.) The crisis or height of a disease.
  3. Mature age; full bloom of life. B. Jonson.

Webster 1913