Climax

Quick meaning: Climax is a noun meaning (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

Meaning

(originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.

More Meanings

1. (narratology) The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
2. (now often) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly:
3. (ambitransitive) To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
4. (transitive) To form the climax to; to be the climax of.
5. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.

Example Sentences

[…]Expressions for the whole Climax of sensibility[…]

In the accomplishment of this, they frequently reach the climax of absurdity.

Climax, by steps advancing, onward goes Higher and still more high to an impassion'd close.

All our memories are burning in time / Like a bittersweet perfume / Can you tell me how a love that's so fine / Could have climaxed in a single afternoon?

Word Forms

• climaxes
• climaces
• climaxing
• climaxed

Synonyms for climax

Depending on context, synonyms include auxesis, catacosmesis, apex, culmination, culminate, orgasm.

Antonyms for climax

Common opposites include catacosmesis.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include coming, culminate, culmination, orgasm, highlight, completion.

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