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top

top - noun

The highest point: apex, cap, crest, crown, height, peak, roof, summit, vertex. See high.
The outer layer of an object: face, surface. See surface.
The highest point or state: acme, apex, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith. Informal payoff. Medicine fastigium. See high.
The greatest quantity or highest degree attainable: maximum, outside, ultimate, utmost, uttermost. See high. limited.
The superlative or most preferable part of something: best, choice, cream, crème de la crème, elite, flower, pick, prize. See better.

Of, being, located at, or forming the top: highest, loftiest, topmost, upmost, uppermost. See high.
Greatest in quantity or highest in degree that has been or can be attained: maximal, maximum, topmost, ultimate, utmost, uttermost. See high. limited.
Exceptionally good of its kind: ace, banner, blue-ribbon, brag, capital, champion, excellent, fine, first-class, first-rate, prime, quality, splendid, superb, superior, terrific, tiptop. Informal A-one, bully, dandy, great, swell, topflight, topnotch. Slang boss. Chiefly British tophole. See good.
Preeminent in rank or position: highest, top-drawer. See over.
Most important, influential, or significant: capital, cardinal, chief, first, foremost, key, leading, main, major, number one, paramount, premier, primary, prime, principal. See important.

To put a topping on: cap, crown, top off. See over. put on.
To be greater or better than: best, better, exceed, excel, outdo, outmatch, outrun, outshine, outstrip, pass, surpass, transcend. Informal beat. See big.
To reach or bring to a climax. cap, climax, crest, crown, culminate, peak. See excite.