top

Verb

• finish up or conclude
  • They topped off their dinner with a cognac
    
  • top the evening with champagne
    

• be the culminating event
  • The speech crowned the meeting
    

• cut the top off
  • top trees and bushes
    

• strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin

• reach or ascend the top of
  • The hikers topped the mountain just before noon
    

• provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure)
  • the towers were topped with conical roofs
    

• be ahead of others; be the first
  • she topped her class every year
    

• be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point
  • A star tops the Christmas Tree
    

• pass by, over, or under without making contact
  • the balloon cleared the tree tops
    

• be superior or better than some standard
  • She exceeded our expectations
    
  • She topped her performance of last year
    

Noun

• a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
  • he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent
    
  • they had the big top up in less than an hour
    

• a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips
  • he stared as she buttoned her top
    

• covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container)
  • he removed the top of the carton
    
  • he couldn't get the top off of the bottle
    
  • put the cover back on the kettle
    

• a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin
  • he got a bright red top and string for his birthday
    

• platform surrounding the head of a lower mast

• the greatest possible intensity
  • he screamed at the top of his lungs
    

• the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
  • 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
    

• the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat
  • a relief pitcher took over in the top of the fifth
    

• the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
  • the view from the peak was magnificent
    
  • they clambered to the tip of Monadnock
    
  • the region is a few molecules wide at the summit
    

• the highest or uppermost side of anything
  • put your books on top of the desk
    
  • only the top side of the box was painted
    

• the upper part of anything
  • the mower cuts off the tops of the grass
    
  • the title should be written at the top of the first page
    

Adjective

• situated at the top or highest position
  • the top shelf
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  top off , crown , pinch , top out , lead , clear , exceed , transcend , overstep , pass , go past , circus tent , big top , round top , cover , whirligig , teetotum , spinning top , top of the inning , peak , crest , tip , summit , top side , upper side , upside , top(a)
• Antonyms: 
  bottom , bottom of the inning , bottom(a) , side(a)