Definitions for zenith

zenith ze·nith

Spelling: [zee-nith or, esp. British, zen-ith]
IPA: /ˈzi nɪθ or, esp. British, ˈzɛn ɪθ/

Zenith is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 18 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 65 anagrams from letters in zenith (ehintz).

Definitions for zenith

noun

  1. the point on the celestial sphere vertically above a given position or observer. Compare nadir.
  2. a highest point or state; culmination.

Origin of zenith

1350-1400; Middle English cenith Medieval Latin Old Spanish zenit, scribal error for zemt Arabic samt road, incorrectly read as senit by medieval scribes (compare Arabic samt ar-rās road abov

Examples for zenith

The Cherubim and Seraphim have wings that elevate them above our zenith.

At the moment of his return to Thessaly he had reached the zenith of his greatness.

(a) The early 1990s were the period of the crack epidemic, the zenith of American gun crime.

The major labor unions - then at the zenith of their political power - disliked Johnson.

This reached its zenith when he and Jon Stewart held their Rally to Restore Sanity And/Or Fear in 2010.

The Gladstone period had passed its zenith and its decadence had already begun.

Now these Phliasians were friends of Lacedaemon while at the zenith of her power.

But no human being had interfered with their journey, and their hopes rose to the zenith.

In 1986, at the zenith of her strength, that figure was reduced to 1.9 million.

In his own mind he is at the zenith of his life, a man in full.

Word Value for zenith
Scrable

18

Words with friends

18

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