apogee

5 synonyms and 1 antonym for apogee, grouped by meaning and by how common each one is.

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

Synonyms

Less common

Still standard English, but they carry more weight.

culmination pinnacle climax

Rare, literary or technical

Precise, but they will stand out — check the sense before using one.

zenith acme

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.”

pinnacle zenith climax acme

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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