mountaintop

American  

[moun-tn-top] / ˈmaʊn tnˌtɒp /

noun

1. the top or summit of a mountain.

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adjective

1. situated at the top or summit of a mountain.

   a mountaintop house.

Etymology

Origin of mountaintop

First recorded in 1585–95; mountain + top ¹

Example Sentences

Kid Rock -- whose real name is Robert Ritchie -- posted a video on X over the weekend showing a helicopter hovering near his mountaintop home's swimming pool as he clapped and saluted.

From Barron's • Mar. 31, 2026

The area includes mountaintop walking tracks, beaches and a hot pool facility billed as the “only hot ocean water complex in the world.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 22, 2026

Picture a long, slow climb up the mountain of fame and wealth heading for a sign marked “Happiness”—only to discover, at the pinnacle, that happiness is actually on another mountaintop, across a ravine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 16, 2025

My brother had his bar mitzvah at the mountaintop fortress of Masada overlooking the Dead Sea.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop.

From "While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement" by Carolyn Maull McKinstry