Definition of Climax

1. Noun. The highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding. "In the flood tide of his success"

Exact synonyms: Flood Tide
Generic synonyms: Juncture, Occasion
Derivative terms: Climactic

2. Verb. End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage. "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace"
Exact synonyms: Culminate
Specialized synonyms: Crown, Top
Generic synonyms: Cease, End, Finish, Stop, Terminate
Derivative terms: Culmination, Culmination, Culmination

3. Noun. The decisive moment in a novel or play. "The deathbed scene is the climax of the play"
Exact synonyms: Culmination
Group relationships: Story
Generic synonyms: Instant, Minute, Moment, Second
Derivative terms: Climactic, Culminate, Culminate

4. Noun. The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse.
Exact synonyms: Coming, Orgasm, Sexual Climax
Generic synonyms: Consummation
Specialized synonyms: Male Orgasm
Derivative terms: Climactic, Come

5. Noun. The most severe stage of a disease.
Generic synonyms: Degree, Level, Point, Stage
Derivative terms: Climactic

6. Noun. Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness.
Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device

Definition of Climax

1. n. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.

Definition of Climax

1. to reach a high or dramatic point [v -ED, -ING, -ES]

Medical Definition of Climax

1. 1. The height or acme of a disease; its stage of greatest severity. Synonym: orgasm. Origin: G. Klimax, staircase (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Climax

climatic keratopathy
climatic zone
climating
climatize
climatized
climatizes
climatizing
climatological
climatologies
climatologist
climatologists
climatology
climatology
climatotherapy
climax (current term)
climax (current term)
climaxed
climaxes
climaxing
climaxless
climb
climb-down
climbable
climbdown
climbdowns
climbed
climber
climbers
climbing
climbing bird's nest fern

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