The polar bear is the apex predator of the Arctic.
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Apex
//ˈeɪ.pɛks//
Synonyms for "apex" (170 found)
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Closest matches (34)
Noun(12 words)
Strong matches (51)
Related words (85)
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13 entrieshas context
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1 entriesrelated to
40 entriesShowing 16 of 40 words.
Translations
98 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἄκρον noun (highest or greatest part)
Arabic
1 entries- ذروَة noun (highest or greatest part)
Armenian
2 entries- գագաթ noun (highest or greatest part)
- գագաթ noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Bulgarian
3 entries- връх noun (highest or greatest part)
- връх noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
- 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)
- 巔峰 /巅峰 noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- 極致 /极致 noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
Dutch
4 entries- punt noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
- punt noun (pointed fine end)
- punt noun (end of leaf)
- spits noun (highest or greatest part)
Finnish
4 entries- huipentuma noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- huippu noun (highest or greatest part)
- huippu noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
- huippu noun (pointed fine end)
French
4 entries- apex noun (highest or greatest part)
- apex noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
- apex noun (pointed fine end)
- apogée noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
Galician
1 entries- ápice noun (highest or greatest part)
German
3 entries- Gipfel noun (highest or greatest part)
- Gipfel noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- Spitze noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Greek
4 entries- αποκορύφωμα noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- απόγειο noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- κορυφή noun (highest or greatest part)
- κορυφή noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Hindi
2 entries- शिखर noun (highest or greatest part)
- शिखर noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Hungarian
1 entries- csúcs noun (highest or greatest part)
Ingrian
2 entries- kukkula noun (highest or greatest part)
- kukkula noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Italian
3 entries- apice noun (highest or greatest part)
- apice noun (end of leaf)
- apice noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
Māori
1 entries- akitu noun (highest or greatest part)
Norwegian
1 entries- topp noun (highest or greatest part)
Persian
1 entries- اوج noun (the point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars)
Polish
2 entries- apeks noun (the point on the celestial sphere toward which the Sun appears to move relative to nearby stars)
- 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)
- topo noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Romanian
1 entries- culme noun (highest or greatest part)
Russian
4 entries- верши́на noun (highest or greatest part)
- верши́на noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- вы́сшая то́чка noun (highest or greatest part)
- пик noun (highest or greatest part)
Slovak
4 entries- hrot noun (pointed fine end)
- vrchol noun (highest or greatest part)
- vrchol noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
- vrchol noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
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
4 entries- అత్యున్నత noun (highest or greatest part)
- ఉచ్ఛ noun (moment of greatest success, expansion, etc)
- కొన noun (pointed fine end)
- శీర్షము noun (highest point in a plane or solid figure)
Turkish
1 entries- zirve noun (highest or greatest part)
Vietnamese
2 entries- dấu lưỡi câu noun (diacritic in Middle Vietnamese)
- dấu sóng noun (diacritic in Middle Vietnamese)
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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