What are some alternative words for culmination?
Synonyms for culmination
ˌkʌl məˈneɪ ʃən
This thesaurus page is about all possible synonyms, equivalent, same meaning and similar words for the term culmination.
Princeton's WordNet
apogee, culmination(noun)
a final climactic stage
"their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development"
Synonyms:
mop up, apogee, completion, windup, closing, climaxculmination(noun)
(astronomy) a heavenly body's highest celestial point above an observer's horizon
Synonyms:
windup, mop up, apogee, completion, closing, climaxclimax, culmination(noun)
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, completioncompletion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up(noun)
a concluding action
Synonyms:
shutdown, windup, closedown, end, shutting, climax, apogee, mop up, pass completion, closing, completion, conclusion, ending, close, closure
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
culmination
Synonyms:
consummation, zenith, acme, meridian, apex, success, completionAntonyms:
fall, descent, decline, failure, downfall, degradation, defeat, abortion
Editors Contribution
punch line
Submitted by acronimous on January 16, 2018
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "culmination":
climax, completion, coronation, peak, outcome, apogee, height, pinnacle, conclusion, highlight, apex
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#317 | end | |
#735 | close | |
#1148 | coming | |
#1386 | success | |
#1888 | ending | |
#2577 | height | |
#3039 | peak | |
#3841 | completion | |
#4037 | conclusion | |
#4038 | closing | |
#4829 | outcome | |
#6031 | highlight | |
#7169 | closure | |
#9506 | orgasm | |
#11032 | pinnacle | |
#12119 | meridian | |
#12190 | shutdown | |
#12535 | apex | |
#15876 | zenith | |
#17225 | acme | |
#17713 | climax | |
#23586 | shutting | |
#25823 | coronation | |
#33152 | culmination | |
#35333 | apogee | |
#50801 | consummation | |
#101879 | windup | |
#238075 | closedown |
How to use culmination in a sentence?
In the A320 family, accidents and incidents range from fan-cowl detachment, landing gear collapse, bird strikes, right through to hull losses through pilot error, most aircraft have teething problems, and in most cases, these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.
It was really a culmination of all the good things going on in our lives finally really coming together.
It's the culmination of what we have been working for.
Most aircraft have teething problems and in most cases these are eradicated. Very rarely, these issues cause disasters -- largely because of a culmination of factors that lead to the event.
This marks an important milestone for the project and is a culmination of TransCanada's efforts to actively communicate and seek input since announcing Energy East three years ago.
Translations for culmination
From our Multilingual Translation Dictionary
Get even more translations for culmination »
Translation
Find a translation for the culmination synonym in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add these synonyms to your bibliography:
"culmination." Synonyms.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 5 Mar. 2021. <https://www.synonyms.com/synonym/culmination>.