crowning
Placing the diadem
Crowning describes something that represents the highest achievement or final triumph: the crowning moment of her career, the crowning glory of the exhibition.
It suggests completion at the peak—the crown placed atop everything else.
In childbirth, crowning is the stage when the baby's head becomes visible at the vaginal opening, signaling imminent delivery.
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- pushingApplying force to move
- emergenceComing into existence
headfirst · midwife · obstetrician · dilation · birthing · parturition · doula · maternal
Formal investiture of sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- diademJeweled band of royalty
- tiaraOrnamental feminine headband
regalia · anointment · investiture · sovereign · monarch · monarchy · royalty · dynasty
Utmost summit or spire
- culminationHighest or final point
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
- apexUppermost point or culmination
zenith · summit · epitome · acme · highpoint · capstone · milestone · breakthrough
Act of finishing
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
- culminationHighest or final point
- conclusionEnd or deduction
climax · finishing touch · final flourish · denouement · capping · topping · perfecting · consummation
Formal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
- enthronementFormal investiture of sovereign
ordination · induction · anointing · dedication · commencement · ritual · proclamation · presentation
labor
Strenuous effort; also childbirth
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- contractionsShortened word forms
- pushingApplying force to move
emergence · headfirst · midwife · obstetrician · dilation · birthing · parturition · doula · maternal · neonatal
enthronement
Formal investiture of sovereign
- throneCeremonial chair for sovereigns
- scepterCeremonial staff of sovereignty
- diademJeweled band of royalty
tiara · regalia · anointment · investiture · sovereign · monarch · monarchy · royalty · dynasty · realm
pinnacle
Utmost summit or spire
- culminationHighest or final point
- triumphResounding, celebrated victory
- masterpieceSupreme artistic achievement
apex · zenith · summit · epitome · acme · highpoint · capstone · milestone · breakthrough · magnum opus
completion
Act of finishing
- finaleConcluding part of performance
- capstoneTopmost stone of structure
- culminationHighest or final point
conclusion · climax · finishing touch · final flourish · denouement · capping · topping · perfecting · consummation · final stroke
inauguration
Formal beginning ceremony
- investitureCeremony conferring rank
- installationProcess of putting in
- consecrationDedicating to sacred purpose
enthronement · ordination · induction · anointing · dedication · commencement · ritual · proclamation · presentation · solemnization
- royal successionthrone, succession, line of succession, order of succession, succession line
- Maternity Wardmaternity ward, labor and delivery, delivery room, labor room, midwife
- pregnancypregnancy, pregnant, prenatal care, due date, weeks
- reproductionreproduction, birth, baby, egg, sperm
- royaltyking, queen, prince, princess, kings
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
crowningbottom
Lowest point or underside
lowest · basal · base · foundational · underlying
crowningdeposing
Removing from authority
dethroning · abdication · unseating · ousting · dethronement
- crowning achievementGreatest success attained
- crowning momentSupreme point of success
- crowning gloryGreatest achievement or hair