Synonyms of climaxes

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noun

plural of climax

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as in milestones

a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs

the climax of the story occurs when the hero discovers the identity of his father

Synonyms & Similar Words

• milestones
• watersheds
• landmarks
• highlights
• corners
• crises
• turning points
• climacterics
• mileposts
• transformations
• breaks
• metamorphoses
• emergencies
• conversions
• turnarounds
• crushers
• transfigurations
• turnabouts
• extremities
• junctures
• exigencies
• toppers
• crossroads
• clutches
• boiling points
• flash points
• clinchers
• cappers
• breaking points
• crunches
• conjunctures
• crunch times
• zero hours
• Dunkirks
• heads

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as in culminations

the highest part or point

the climax of her career as a performer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• culminations
• pinnacles
• heights
• tops
• peaks
• zeniths
• crescendos
• apices
• apexes
• crescendoes
• crests
• summits
• crescendi
• sums
• crowns
• highlights
• noons
• apogees
• meridians
• capstones
• noontimes
• tip-tops
• high-water marks
• heads
• acmes
• high noons
• blooms
• ne plus ultras
• flowers
• blossoms
• glories
• primes
• flood tides
• roofs
• heydays
• ceilings
• extremes
• tips
• caps
• extremities
• highs
• vertices
• vertexes
• highspots

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• feet
• bottoms
• foot
• bases
• nadirs
• abysses
• rock bottoms
• minima
• minimums

climaxes

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verb

present tense third-person singular of climax

as in culminates

to bring to a triumphant conclusion

organizers climaxed the county fair with a down and dirty pie-eating contest

Synonyms & Similar Words

• culminates
• finishes
• completes
• concludes
• caps (off)
• crowns
• rounds (off or out)
• terminates
• wraps up