Climax Synonyms and Antonyms

klīmăks
The highest point or state
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. culmination
  2. orgasm
  3. acme
  4. apex
  5. peak
  6. meridian
  7. pinnacle
  8. summit
  9. zenith
  10. crest
  11. apogee
  12. height
  13. top
  14. turning point
  15. highest point
  16. denouement
  17. intensification
  18. crown
  19. alp
  20. extremity
  21. limit
  22. pitch
  23. consummation
  24. ascendancy
  25. utmost extent
  26. highest degree
  27. point of highest development
  28. grand finale
  29. crowning point
  30. turning of the tide
  31. decisive moment
  32. defining-moment
  33. crisis
  34. perihelion
  35. ne plus ultra (Latin)
  36. payoff
  37. piton
  38. sublimity
  39. fastigium
  40. sexual-climax
  41. copestone
  42. ultimate
  43. vertex
  44. coming
  45. finisher
Antonyms:
  1. anticlimax
  2. depression
  3. nadir. See syn. study at summit.summit
  4. nadir
  5. cliffhanger
To reach or bring to a climax
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. culminate
  2. cap
  3. crown
  4. top
  5. peak
  6. crest
  7. conclude
  8. finish
  9. tower
  10. end
  11. top off
  12. cap-off
  13. acme
  14. apex
  15. rise to a crescendo
  16. apogee
  17. reach a peak
  18. ascend
  19. come-to-a-head
  20. bring to a head
  21. come
  22. reach the zenith
  23. come to bring to a climax
  24. crisis
  25. accomplish
  26. fulfill
  27. culmination
  28. consummate
  29. gradation
  30. highlight
  31. pinnacle
  32. summit
  33. surmount
  34. zenith
Antonyms:
  1. dip
  2. drop
  3. fall off
  4. delve
The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. flood-tide
The point of greatest intensity or force in an ascending series or progression; a culmination.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. summit

Words Related to Climax

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Climax Sentence Examples

  • That event was the climax of a long series of horrors.

  • Matters reached a climax in 1276.

  • The exaggeration of the height of the mitre, which began at the time of the Renaissance, reached its climax in the 17th century.

  • The climax of iniquity was the murder of Jehoiada's son Zechariah.

  • At last a fierce family feud came to a climax.

More Sentences