Climax synonyms
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highest point
Mature age; full bloom of life.
(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.
highest degree
A culminating; reaching of the highest or lowest altitude or point
A conference or meeting of high-level leaders, usually called to shape a program of action.
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decisive moment
To put a crown or garland on the head of.
The act or process of intensifying, or of making more intense.
The point of culmination; the peak:
The analogous point in an orbit around a celestial body other than Earth. Not in technical use.
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
point of highest development
The definition of a turning point is a point in time when something happens that causes a shift or an irrevocable change in direction.
crowning point
turning of the tide
come to bring to a climax
To reach or bring to a climax
To come to the end of
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The highest point; peak; vertex
Elevation (of the sun, a star, etc.) above the horizon, measured in degrees
The greatest or least amount, number, or extent allowed or possible:
A pitched ball in flight
A similar point of intensity of emotional excitement.
ne plus ultra (Latin)
To finalize, bring to a conclusion, form the climax of.
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To appear at or rise to a conspicuous height; loom:
To put or place on the top of
(US) to fill completely; to fill or refill the final portion of something not empty
To apply the finishing touch to; complete:
rise to a crescendo
To reach or bring to a climax
reach a peak
To reach or bring to a climax
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(Medicine, of an abscess) To reach its final stage
bring to a head
To reach or bring to a climax
To bring (a task, project, goal etc.) to completion; to accomplish.
Initialism of Australian Labor Party.
The first act of sexual intercourse in a relationship, particularly the first such act following marriage.
Any final revelation or outcome
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grand finale
The point nearest the sun in the orbit of a planet, comet, or man-made satellite
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
The greatest extreme; the maximum:
A corner point of a triangle, square, cube, parallelepiped, or other geometric figure bounded by lines, planes, or lines and planes
To go up.
To reach the crest of:
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To form with gradations.
To make prominent; emphasize:
(Obs.) To surpass or exceed; go beyond
The time at which the sun reaches its highest point in the sky; noon.
The act, event, or time of payment
high (related)
The maximum atmospheric temperature recorded at a particular location, especially during one 24-hour period.
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the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
An arrival or approach
The peak or climax:
Any of the stones in a coping
(Video games, informal) A finishing move.
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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To bring to an end; finish; stop; conclude
reach the zenith
To reach or bring to a climax
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.
anticlimax (antonym)
Something trivial or commonplace that concludes a series of significant events:
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
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.
achieve (related)
To succeed in accomplishing; bring about:
complete (related)
To complete is to finish something, to make something whole or see a task through to the end.
(Countable) Something sublime.
To get to be; become
cliffhanger (antonym)
A contest so closely matched that the outcome is uncertain until the end.
dip (antonym)
To plunge into water or other liquid and come out quickly.
excite (related)
Excite is defined as to stir up emotions, action or strong reactions.
finale (related)
crescendo (related)
climactic (related)
triumphant (related)
high-point (related)
Find another word for climax. In this page you can discover 86 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for climax, like: highest point, acme, peak, highest degree, culmination, pinnacle, summit, decisive moment, crown, intensification and zenith.