Antonyms for culmination
ˌkʌl məˈneɪ ʃəncul·mi·na·tion

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1. culmination

   Antonyms:
   fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat, abortion

   Synonyms:
   consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success, completion

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1. • Astronomy
   • Celestial Point
   • Moment
   • Termination

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:4.0 / 1 vote

1. apogee, culminationnoun

   a final climactic stage

   "their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"

   Synonyms:
   mop up, apogee, completion, windup, closing, climax

2. culminationnoun

   (astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon

   Synonyms:
   windup, mop up, apogee, completion, closing, climax

3. climax, culminationnoun

   the decisive moment in a novel or play

   "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play"

   Synonyms:
   windup, flood tide, sexual climax, climax, apogee, mop up, coming, orgasm, closing, completion

4. completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop upnoun

   a concluding action

   Synonyms:
   shutdown, windup, closedown, end, shutting, climax, apogee, mop up, pass completion, closing, completion, conclusion, ending, close, closure

How to use culmination in a sentence?

1. Ryan Coleman:

   It was really a culmination of all the good things going on in our lives finally really coming together.

2. Kane Ray:

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4. Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr.:

   Life is a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.

5. William Gadoury:

   It would be the culmination of three years of work and the dream of lifetime.

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