Synonyms for climax
ˈklaɪ mækscli·max

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1. climax

   Synonyms:
   summit, height, consummation, acme, point, head, mered, ian, culmination, zenith

   Antonyms:
   base, floor, bathos, anticlimax, depth, gulf, nadir

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1. climax, flood tidenoun

   the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding

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

   Synonyms:
   rising tide, flood tide, sexual climax, coming, orgasm, culmination, flood

2. 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, apogee, mop up, coming, orgasm, closing, culmination, completion

3. orgasm, climax, sexual climax, comingnoun

   the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse

   Synonyms:
   approach, flood tide, sexual climax, advent, coming, orgasm, approaching, culmination

4. climaxnoun

   the most severe stage of a disease

   Synonyms:
   orgasm, culmination, sexual climax, flood tide, coming

5. climaxverb

   arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness

   Synonyms:
   orgasm, culmination, sexual climax, flood tide, coming

6. culminate, climaxverb

   end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

   "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"

   Synonyms:
   culminate

Matched Categories

1. • Degree
   • End
   • Moment

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1. punch line

   Submitted by acronimous on January 16, 2018  

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1. climaxnoun

   Synonyms:
   (Rhet.) gradation (in the structure of sentences), gradual rise

2. climaxnoun

   Synonyms:
   highest point, greatest degree

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1. climaxnoun

   Synonyms:
   culmination

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1. List of paraphrases for "climax":

   culmination, peak, orgasm, apogee, height, pinnacle, upsurge

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1. Gynecological Endocrinology:

   Some women retain the ability to masturbate and climax across menopause because of higher androgen levels but maybe their sexual function with a partner is impaired due to many other reasons.

2. The Weeknd:

   ' House of Balloons' literally changed the sound of pop music before my eyes, i heard' Climax,' that Usher song, and was like,' Holy f —, that's a Weeknd song.'.

3. Zhong Nanshan:

   It is very difficult to definitely estimate when the outbreak reaches its peak. But I think in one week or about 10 days, it will reach the climax and then there will be no large-scale increases.