| atop | (adverb) on, to, or at the top | - |
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| backstop | (noun) a precaution in case of an emergency | - |
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| (noun) (baseball) a fence or screen (as behind home plate) to prevent the ball from traveling out of the playing field | - |
| (noun) (baseball) the person who plays the position of catcher | Synonyms: catcher |
| (verb) act as a backstop | - |
| blacktop | (noun) a black bituminous material used for paving roads or other areas; usually spread over crushed rock | Synonyms: blacktopping |
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| (verb) coat with blacktop | - |
| carrottop | (noun) someone who has red hair | Synonyms: red-header, redhead, redheader |
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| countertop | (noun) the top side of a counter | - |
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| desktop | (noun) (computer science) the area of the screen in graphical user interfaces against which icons and windows appear | Synonyms: background, screen background |
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| (noun) the top of a desk | - |
| doorstop | (noun) a stop that keeps open doors from moving | Synonyms: doorstopper |
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| feathertop | (noun) northeastern tropical African plant having feathery panicles | Synonyms: feathertop grass, Pennistum villosum |
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| (noun) a variety of reed grass | Synonyms: Calamagrostis acutiflora, feather reed grass |
| flattop | (noun) a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings | Synonyms: aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier |
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| (noun) a closely cropped haircut; usually for men or boys | Synonyms: butch, crew cut |
| foretop | (noun) a lock of a horse's mane that grows forward between the ears | Synonyms: forelock |
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| (noun) a platform at the head of a foremast | - |
| hardtop | (noun) a car that resembles a convertible but has a fixed rigid top | - |
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| hilltop | (noun) the peak of a hill | Synonyms: brow |
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| housetop | (noun) the roof of a house | - |
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| laptop | (noun) a portable computer small enough to use in your lap | Synonyms: laptop computer |
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| nonstop | (adjective) at all times | Synonyms: around-the-clock, day-and-night, round-the-clock |
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| (adjective) (of a journey especially a flight) occurring without stops | - |
| (noun) a flight made without intermediate stops between source and destination | Synonyms: nonstop flight |
| (adverb) without stopping | - |
| overtop | (verb) look down on | Synonyms: command, dominate, overlook |
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| rooftop | (noun) the top of a (usually flat) roof | - |
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| screwtop | (noun) the top of a container that must be screwed off and on | - |
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| shortstop | (noun) the fielding position of the player on a baseball team who is stationed between second and third base | Synonyms: short |
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| (noun) (baseball) the person who plays the shortstop position | - |
| stop | (noun) the act of stopping something | Synonyms: stoppage |
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| (noun) a brief stay in the course of a journey | Synonyms: layover, stopover |
| (noun) a restraint that checks the motion of something | Synonyms: catch |
| (noun) an obstruction in a pipe or tube | Synonyms: block, blockage, closure, occlusion, stoppage |
| (noun) a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens | Synonyms: diaphragm |
| (noun) (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes | - |
| (noun) a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it | Synonyms: occlusive, plosive, plosive consonant, plosive speech sound, stop consonant |
| (noun) a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations | Synonyms: full point, full stop, period, point |
| (noun) the event of something ending | Synonyms: halt |
| (noun) a spot where something halts or pauses | - |
| (noun) the state of inactivity following an interruption | Synonyms: arrest, check, halt, hitch, stay, stoppage |
| (verb) prevent completion | Synonyms: break, break off, discontinue |
| (verb) stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments | Synonyms: hold on |
| (verb) hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of | Synonyms: arrest, check, contain, hold back, turn back |
| (verb) seize on its way | Synonyms: intercept |
| (verb) render unsuitable for passage | Synonyms: bar, barricade, block, block off, block up, blockade |
| (verb) come to a halt, stop moving | Synonyms: halt |
| (verb) cause to end | - |
| (verb) interrupt a trip | Synonyms: stop over |
| (verb) stop from happening or developing | Synonyms: block, halt, kibosh |
| (verb) put an end to a state or an activity | Synonyms: cease, discontinue, give up, lay off, quit |
| (verb) have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical | Synonyms: cease, end, finish, terminate |
| tabletop | (noun) the top horizontal work surface of a table | - |
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| tiptop | (adjective) of the highest quality | Synonyms: A-one, ace, crack, first-rate, super, top-notch, topnotch, tops |
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| (noun) the extreme top or summit | - |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top |
| top | (adjective) situated at the top or highest position | - |
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| (noun) a garment (especially for women) that extends from the shoulders to the waist or hips | - |
| (noun) covering for a hole (especially a hole in the top of a container) | Synonyms: cover |
| (noun) a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance | Synonyms: big top, circus tent, round top |
| (noun) a conical child's plaything tapering to a steel point on which it can be made to spin | Synonyms: spinning top, teetotum, whirligig |
| (noun) platform surrounding the head of a lower mast | - |
| (noun) the greatest possible intensity | - |
| (noun) the highest or uppermost side of anything | Synonyms: top side, upper side, upside |
| (noun) the upper part of anything | - |
| (noun) the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill) | Synonyms: crest, crown, peak, summit, tip |
| (noun) the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | Synonyms: acme, elevation, height, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, tiptop |
| (noun) the first half of an inning; while the visiting team is at bat | Synonyms: top of the inning |
| (verb) be the culminating event | Synonyms: crown |
| (verb) finish up or conclude | Synonyms: top off |
| (verb) cut the top off | Synonyms: pinch |
| (verb) strike (the top part of a ball in golf, baseball, or pool) giving it a forward spin | - |
| (verb) pass by, over, or under without making contact | Synonyms: clear |
| (verb) reach or ascend the top of | - |
| (verb) provide with a top or finish the top (of a structure) | Synonyms: top out |
| (verb) be superior or better than some standard | Synonyms: exceed, go past, overstep, pass, transcend |
| (verb) be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point | - |
| (verb) be ahead of others; be the first | Synonyms: lead |
| treetop | (noun) the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant | Synonyms: crown |
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| whistlestop | (verb) tour the country in order to solicit votes for an election | - |
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