DICTOMETER

CLIMAX

(climax, clímax, klimaks)

1. Synonyms:
   • Climax
   • Flood tide
   Definitions:
   • the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
   Examples:
   • The climax of the artist's career
   • In the flood tide of his success
   
   
2. Synonyms:
   • Climax
   • Culmination
   Definitions:
   • the decisive moment in a novel or play
   Examples:
   • The deathbed scene is the climax of the play
   
   
3. Synonyms:
   • Orgasm
   • Climax
   • Sexual climax
   • Coming
   Definitions:
   • the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
   
   
4. Synonyms:
   • Climax
   Definitions:
   • the most severe stage of a disease
   
   
5. Synonyms:
   • Climax
   Definitions:
   • arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
   
   

1. Synonyms:
   • Culminate
   • Climax
   Definitions:
   • end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage
   Examples:
   • The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace