The polar bear is the apex predator of the Arctic.
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Apex
/ˈeɪ.pɛks/
Synonyms for "apex" (211 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (63)
Noun(27 words)
Verb(1 words)
crest the ridge
Related words (105)
Noun(28 words)
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hookinflectionkneellarynxlast wordliftlimitlipsmaximummergingmeridianmountaintopnasal cavityne plus ultrano place highernooknoonnoontideolympian heights
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Adjective(3 words)
largest possible valuetop tierutmost degree
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8 entriesCollocations
10 entriesapex angleapex heightapex of the curveapex pointapex positionapex predatorcone apexcurve apexmountain apexpyramid apex
Inflections
4 entriesDerivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 27 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄκρον noun (highest or greatest part)
Arabic
1 entries- ذروَة noun (highest or greatest part)
Armenian
1 entries- գագաթ noun (highest or greatest part)
Bulgarian
2 entries- връх noun (highest or greatest part)
- връхна точка noun (highest or greatest part)
Catalan
2 entries- àpex noun (highest or greatest part)
- àpex noun (end of leaf)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 尖 noun (highest or greatest part)
- 尖端 noun (highest or greatest part)
- 葉尖 /叶尖 noun (end of leaf)
- 頂 /顶 noun (highest or greatest part)
Dutch
4 entries- punt noun (pointed fine end)
- punt noun (end of leaf)
- spits noun (highest or greatest part)
- spits noun (pointed fine end)
Finnish
2 entries- huippu noun (highest or greatest part)
- huippu noun (pointed fine end)
French
3 entries- apex noun (highest or greatest part)
- apex noun (pointed fine end)
- sommet noun (highest or greatest part)
Galician
1 entries- ápice noun (highest or greatest part)
German
1 entries- Gipfel noun (highest or greatest part)
Greek
2 entries- κορυφή noun (highest or greatest part)
- κορυφή noun (pointed fine end)
Hindi
1 entries- शिखर noun (highest or greatest part)
Hungarian
1 entries- csúcs noun (highest or greatest part)
Ingrian
1 entries- kukkula noun (highest or greatest part)
Italian
2 entries- apice noun (highest or greatest part)
- apice noun (end of leaf)
Māori
1 entries- akitu noun (highest or greatest part)
Norwegian
1 entries- topp noun (highest or greatest part)
Polish
1 entries- szczyt noun (end of leaf)
Portuguese
4 entries- cume noun (highest or greatest part)
- ponta noun (pointed fine end)
- topo noun (highest or greatest part)
- ápice noun (highest or greatest part)
Romanian
1 entries- culme noun (highest or greatest part)
Russian
3 entries- верши́на noun (highest or greatest part)
- вы́сшая то́чка noun (highest or greatest part)
- пик noun (highest or greatest part)
Slovak
2 entries- hrot noun (pointed fine end)
- vrchol noun (highest or greatest part)
Spanish
4 entries- cima noun (highest or greatest part)
- sumidad noun (highest or greatest part)
- ápex noun (highest or greatest part)
- ápice noun (highest or greatest part)
Swedish
2 entries- spets noun (highest or greatest part)
- topp noun (highest or greatest part)
Telugu
3 entries- అత్యున్నత noun (highest or greatest part)
- కొన noun (pointed fine end)
- సర్వోన్నత noun (highest or greatest part)
Turkish
1 entries- zirve noun (highest or greatest part)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
The nonprofit Baltistan Wildlife Conservation and Development Organization pioneered livestock insurance schemes for villagers to compensate farmers against livestock losses resulting from attacks by snow leopards to ensure the apex predators and humans coexist in harmony.
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Cats are not apex predators.
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In Tasmania, thylacines were the only marsupial apex predators.
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