Synonyms for crest

Synonyms for (noun) crest

Synonyms: crest

Definition: a showy growth of e.g. feathers or skin on the head of a bird or other animal

Similar words: process, appendage, outgrowth

Definition: a natural prolongation or projection from a part of an organism either animal or plant

Usage: a bony process


Synonyms: crest

Definition: (heraldry) in medieval times, an emblem used to decorate a helmet

Similar words: emblem

Definition: special design or visual object representing a quality, type, group, etc.


Synonyms: crest, crown

Definition: the center of a cambered road

Similar words: top, top side, upper side, upside

Definition: the highest or uppermost side of anything

Usage: put your books on top of the desk; only the top side of the box was painted


Synonyms: crest

Definition: the top line of a hill, mountain, or wave

Similar words: line

Definition: a spatial location defined by a real or imaginary unidimensional extent


Synonyms: peak, summit, tip, top, crest, crown

Definition: the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)

Usage: the view from the peak was magnificent; they clambered to the tip of Monadnock; the region is a few molecules wide at the summit

Similar words: topographic point, spot, place

Definition: a point located with respect to surface features of some region

Usage: this is a nice place for a picnic; a bright spot on a planet


Synonyms for (verb) crest

Synonyms: crest

Definition: reach a high point

Usage: The river crested last night

Similar words: peak, top out

Definition: to reach the highest point; attain maximum intensity, activity

Usage: That wild, speculative spirit peaked in 1929; Bids for the painting topped out at $50 million


Synonyms: cap, crest

Definition: lie at the top of

Usage: Snow capped the mountains

Similar words: lie

Definition: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position


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