His fame was at its zenith at that time.
Source: tatoeba (279922)
Zenith
//ˈzi.nɪθ//
Synonyms for "zenith" (118 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (35)
Related words (59)
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3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
6 entrieshas context
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23 entriesShowing 16 of 23 words.
Translations
143 translations across 49 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκμή noun (highest point or state; peak)
Arabic
4 entries- ذُرْوَة noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- ذُرْوَة noun (highest point or state; peak)
- سَمْت noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- سَمْت noun (highest point or state; peak)
Armenian
3 entries- զենիթ noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- զենիթ noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- զենիթ noun (highest point or state; peak)
Bulgarian
3 entries- зени́т noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- зени́т noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- зени́т noun (highest point or state; peak)
Catalan
2 entries- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (highest point or state; peak)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 天頂 /天顶 noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- 天頂 /天顶 noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- 頂點 /顶点 noun (highest point or state; peak)
Czech
4 entries- nadhlavník noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- nadhlavník noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Danish
1 entries- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Dutch
1 entries- zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Esperanto
1 entries- zenito noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Estonian
3 entries- seniit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- seniit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- seniit noun (highest point or state; peak)
Farefare
1 entries- zuu-tẽŋasʋka noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Finnish
4 entries- huipennus noun (highest point or state; peak)
- huippu noun (highest point or state; peak)
- huippukohta noun (highest point or state; peak)
- kohokohta noun (highest point or state; peak)
French
3 entries- zénith noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zénith noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- zénith noun (highest point or state; peak)
Galician
3 entries- cénit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- cénit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- cénit noun (highest point or state; peak)
Georgian
1 entries- ზენიტი noun (highest point or state; peak)
German
3 entries- Zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- Zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- Zenit noun (highest point or state; peak)
Greek
4 entries- απόγειο noun (highest point or state; peak)
- ζενίθ noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- ζενίθ noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- ζενίθ noun (highest point or state; peak)
Hebrew
2 entries- אזימוט noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- זֶנִית noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Hindi
4 entries- पराकाष्ठा noun (highest point or state; peak)
- सिम्त noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- सिम्त noun (highest point or state; peak)
- स्वर्ग noun (highest point or state; peak)
Indonesian
2 entries- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Irish
1 entries- buaic na spéire noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Italian
4 entries- apice noun (highest point or state; peak)
- culmine noun (highest point or state; peak)
- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (highest point or state; peak)
Japanese
4 entries- 天頂 noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- 天頂 noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- 絶頂 noun (highest point or state; peak)
- 頂点 noun (highest point or state; peak)
Kazakh
1 entries- аспан биігі noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Latin
1 entries- cenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Malay
2 entries- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Manx
2 entries- ard-niau noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- ard-niau noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Matigsalug Manobo
1 entries- pekeuntud noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Middle English
1 entries- cenyth noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Māori
3 entries- kōmata (o te rangi) noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- kōmata (o te rangi) noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- poutūmārō noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Navajo
2 entries- yá ʼałníiʼgi noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- yá ʼałníiʼgi noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- senit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- senit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Persian
3 entries- اوج noun (highest point or state; peak)
- سرسو noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- سمتالرأس noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Polish
4 entries- apogeum noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- zenit noun (highest point or state; peak)
Portuguese
4 entries- cume noun (highest point or state; peak)
- topo noun (highest point or state; peak)
- zénite noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zénite noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Romanian
1 entries- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Russian
4 entries- вы́сшая то́чка noun (highest point or state; peak)
- зени́т noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- зени́т noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- зени́т noun (highest point or state; peak)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पराकाष्ठा noun (highest point or state; peak)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- bàrr noun (highest point or state; peak)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- zènīt noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zènīt noun (highest point or state; peak)
- зѐнӣт noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- зѐнӣт noun (highest point or state; peak)
Spanish
4 entries- apogeo noun (highest point or state; peak)
- cenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- cenit noun (highest point or state; peak)
- cénit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Swedish
4 entries- hjässpunkt noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- huvudpunkt noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- zenit noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Tagalog
2 entries- ituktok noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- ituktok noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
Telugu
1 entries- స్వర్గము noun (highest point or state; peak)
Turkish
4 entries- ayyuk noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- ayyuk noun (highest point or state; peak)
- başucu noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- başucu noktası noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
Ukrainian
2 entries- зені́т noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- зені́т noun (highest point or state; peak)
Vietnamese
4 entries- cực điểm noun (highest point or state; peak)
- thiên đỉnh noun (astronomy: point vertically above a position or observer)
- thiên đỉnh noun (astronomy: highest point reached by a celestial body)
- tột đỉnh noun (highest point or state; peak)
Sample sentences
19 total sentences available.
The sun is at the zenith.
Source: tatoeba (1570101)
That the moon appears larger close to the horizon than at the zenith is an optical illusion, the cause of which has not been definitively clarified.
Source: tatoeba (5588154)
Inside yourself, outside yourself, you'll fall from the zenith to the nadir, for that was your destiny, your miserly destiny.
Source: tatoeba (9241145)
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