climax

Noun

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

Verb

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

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈklaɪ.mæks/

Etymology

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

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

Translations

Höhepunkt

clímax

Klimax

clímax

orgasme

hoogtepunt

orgasmo

toppunt

🔝

clímax

climax

orgasmo

culminación

orgasme

Orgasmus

point culminant