Top most commonly refers to: * Top, a basic term of orientation, distinguished from bottom, front, back, and sides * Spinning top, a ubiquitous traditional toy * Top (clothing), clothing designed to be worn over the torso * Mountain top, a mountain peak located at some distance from the nearest point of higher elevation Top may also refer to:

Geography

* Top, any subsidiary summit of a munro * Proper names of geographical features: ** Top River, tributary of the Olt, in Romania ** Top, Oghuz, a village in Azerbaijan ** Top, Zangilan, a village near Zangilan, Azerbaijan

People

* Top (surname) * Noordin Mohammad Top (1968–2009), a Malaysian/Indonesian Muslim extremist * United States military jargon for specific non-commissioned-officer ranks: ** First sergeant, Army ** Master sergeant, Marine Corps * Jargon for roles in human-sexuality: ** Top, or dominant, role in BDSM practices ** One in a triad of sexual postural preferences, specifically Top, bottom and versatile ** A slang term for the act of Fellatio

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Top (character), a supervillain character from the DC Comics universe * ''The Top'' (album), a 1984 album by The Cure * "The Top" (short story), a short story by Franz Kafka * Top TV Network, regional television station in Papua, Indonesia * ''Top'' (album), a 2020 album by Youngboy Never Broke Again * "Top" (Stray Kids song), 2020 * "Top", a 1993 song by Live, from the album '' Throwing Copper'' * "Top", a 2020 song by Fredo Bang * "Top", a 2025 song by Bini * Top (band), a British rock band

Brands and enterprises

* Top (rolling papers), brand for hand-rolled cigarettes * Top Air, Indonesian airline company * Top Oil, Irish oil company

Computing

* Top (software), a standard Unix program * .top, a generic top level domain * Top type, in computer science type theory, the data type containing all others * Top of stack, the first element of a Stack (abstract data type)

Mathematics and physics

* Top (category theory), a category of topological spaces or topological manifolds * Top (algebra), in module theory, the largest semisimple quotient of a module * Top, written ⊤ or 1, in lattice theory, the

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in a partially ordered set * Top, down tack, or Tee (symbol), the symbol ⊤ * Top quark, the third-generation up-type quark

Other uses

* Top (sailing ship), part of a ship's rigging * Top (tool), tool for rope manufacture