apogee

1 antonym for apogee — opposites grouped by meaning.

Noun — The point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.

Synonyms by Meaning

1. noun

The point on a satellite's path around the Earth where it is at its greatest distance from it.

culmination

Opposites

perigee

2. noun

The highest point reached by something.

“The cult of the chief executive reached its apogee in the nineteen-nineties, a period when C.E.O.s seemed not so much to serve their companies as to embody them.”

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Antonyms

perigee

Etymology

Came from Middle French apogée, from Latin apogaeum or apogēum, from Ancient Greek ἀπόγειον (apógeion, 'away from Earth'), formed from ἀπό (apó, 'away') and γῆ (gê, 'Earth').

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