climax

Meaning

Noun

1. A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
2. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
3. The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
4. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
5. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
6. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
7. A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly

Verb

1. To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
2. To form the climax to; to be the climax of.

Synonyms

peak

culmination

orgasm

summit

apex

pinnacle

acme

culminate

high point

top

🔝

extreme

crest

highlight

crisis

highest point

apogee

come

zenith

coming

flood tide

vertex

head

height

heyday

crown

👑

sexual climax

maximum

cum

point

climacteric

uprush

most moving part

compelling part

fastigium

menopause

sticking place

sharp peak

maximum limit

stadium acmes

crank point

maximum tide

big O

acknowledger

vitamin O

cap

critical point

ejaculate

elevation

end

🔚

ending

epilogue

extremity

finale

flood

high tide

high water

incandescence

meridian

nadir

needle

pole

ridge

spring tide

sticking point

tip

tiptop

turning point

upsurge

vertices

white heat

extreme point

peak time

piece de resistance

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklaɪ.mæks/

Etymology

From Latin clīmax, from Ancient Greek κλῖμαξ (klîmax, “ladder, staircase, [rhetorical] climax”), from κλίνω (klínō, “I lean, slant”).