Climax synonyms

highest point

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Mature age; full bloom of life.

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(Geography) The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point; often, the whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated; as, the Peak of Teneriffe.

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highest degree

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culmination

A culminating; reaching of the highest or lowest altitude or point

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pinnacle

(Architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

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summit

A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.

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decisive moment

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crown

To put a crown or garland on the head of.

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intensification

The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.

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zenith

The point of culmination; the peak:

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apogee

The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.

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extremity

A hand or foot.

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ascendancy

A class of Protestant landowners and professionals that dominated political and social life in Ireland up to the early 20th century

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utmost extent

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point of highest development

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turning point

The definition of a turning point is a point in time when something happens that causes a shift or an irrevocable change in direction.

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crowning point

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turning of the tide

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come to bring to a climax

To reach or bring to a climax

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finish

To come to the end of

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apex

The highest point; peak; vertex

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height

Elevation (of the sun, a star, etc.) above the horizon, measured in degrees

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limit

The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible:

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pitch

A pitched ball in flight

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orgasm

A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement.

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ne plus ultra (Latin)

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culminate

To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.

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tower

To appear at or rise to a conspicuous height; loom:

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top off

(US) to fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty

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cap

To apply the finishing touch to; complete:

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conclude

(Intransitive) To end; to come to an end.

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rise to a crescendo

To reach or bring to a climax

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reach a peak

To reach or bring to a climax

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come-to-a-head

(Medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage

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bring to a head

To reach or bring to a climax

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fulfill

(Archaic) To fill full; fill to the utmost capacity; fill up.

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consummate

To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.

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alp

Initialism of Australian Labor Party.

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consummation

The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.

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denouement

Any final revelation or outcome

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grand finale

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perihelion

The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet, comet, or man-made satellite

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piton

A metal spike with an eye to which a rope can be secured: it is driven into rock or ice for support in mountain climbing

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ultimate

The greatest extreme; the maximum:

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vertex

A corner point of a triangle, square, cube, parallelepiped, or other geometric figure bounded by lines, planes, or lines and planes

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ascend

To go up.

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crest

To reach the crest of:

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gradation

To form with gradations.

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highlight

To make prominent; emphasize:

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surmount

(Obs.) To surpass or exceed; go beyond

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meridian

The time at which the sun reaches its highest point in the sky; noon.

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payoff

The act, event, or time of payment

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fastigium

(Architecture) A pediment or gable end

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high (related)

The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.

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sexual-climax

the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

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coming

An arrival or approach

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flood-tide

The peak or climax:

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copestone

Any of the stones in a coping

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finisher

(Video games, informal) A finishing move.

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defining-moment

A point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.

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crisis

A time of, or a state of affairs involving, great danger or trouble, often one which threatens to result in unpleasant consequences

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end

To bring to an end; finish; stop; conclude

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top

To put or place on the top of

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cap-off

(Mathematics) To glue a relatively uncomplicated compact manifold to a manifold of the same dimension along (a component of the latter's boundary).

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reach the zenith

To reach or bring to a climax

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accomplish

To bring to an issue of full success; to effect; to perform; to execute fully; to fulfill; as, to accomplish a design, an object, a promise.

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anticlimax (antonym)

Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events:

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depression (antonym)

(Psychology) in psychotherapy and psychiatry, a state of mind producing serious, long-term lowering of enjoyment of life or inability to visualize a happy future

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nadir. See syn. study at summit.summit (antonym)

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maximum (related)

The greatest quantity or degree reached or recorded; the upper limit of variation.

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achieve (related)

To succeed in accomplishing; bring about:

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complete (related)

To complete is to finish something, to make something whole or see a task through to the end.

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sublimity

(Countable) Something sublime.

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come

To get to be; become

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cliffhanger (antonym)

A contest so closely matched that the outcome is uncertain until the end.

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dip (antonym)

To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.

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drop (antonym)

(Ergative) To let fall; to allow to fall (either by releasing hold of, or losing one's grip on). [from 14th c.]

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fall off (antonym)

(Intransitive) To diminish in size, value etc.

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delve (antonym)

(Intransitive) To dig the ground, especially with a shovel.

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excite (related)

Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.

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finale (related)

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crescendo (related)

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climactic (related)

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triumphant (related)

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high-point (related)

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