climax
1. [ verb ] end, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage
Synonyms: culminate
Examples:

"The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

Related terms: end terminate crown completion
2. [ noun ] the decisive moment in a novel or play
Synonyms: culmination
Examples:

"the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

Related terms: moment story culminate
3. [ noun ] the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding
Synonyms: flood_tide
Examples:

: "the climax of the artist's career" "in the flood tide of his success"

Related terms: juncture culminate
4. [ noun ] (sexuality) the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse
Synonyms: sexual_climax coming orgasm
Related terms: consummation male_orgasm come
5. [ noun ] the most severe stage of a disease
Related terms: degree
6. [ noun ] (rhetoric) arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
Related terms: rhetorical_device
Similar spelling:   clams
  climactic
  clumsy