The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.
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Climax
//ˈklaɪ.mæks//
Synonyms for "climax" (251 found)
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Closest matches (51)
Strong matches (75)
consummateconsummationcontentconvulsioncopestonecopulacopulationcorecornerstonecouplingcrescendocrestcrisiscritical pointcrossroadscrowncruxculmenculminationdenouement
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diastrophismdiddlingdisasterearthquakeedgeejaculateendend resultessenceessentialessential matterextremeextreme limitextremityfigure of speechfinal resultfinal strokefinal touchfinalefinalizefinishfinish offfinish upfinisherfinishing strokefitfornicationfrostfundamentalgerm cellget doneget it overget offget throughget through withgistgravamengreat pointheadheartheavenheavensheighthigh noonhigh pointhighest degreehighest pitchhighest pointiceimportant thingincrementum
Noun(2 words)
Related words (125)
intercourseintimacyissuekernelkeystonelandmarklast actlast strokelast touchlast wordlimitlovemakingmain pointmain thingmaking it withmalapropismmarital relationsmarriage actmaterial pointmating
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maximummeatmergingmeridianmetaphormilestonemop upmountaintopname of the gamene plus ultrano place highernoonnth degreenubonanismouttopoverarchoverthrowovertopovumpareuniaparoxysmpayoffpeakperfectperfectionpinkpink of perfectionpinnaclepitchpithpivotpleasepointpoleprocreationquakereach orgasmreal issuerelationsridgeround outsalient pointsatisfyscrewingseventh heavensexsex actsexual climaxsexual commercesexual congresssexual intercoursesexual relationssexual unionshowdownsimilesine qua nonskysleeping withspasmspeechspermspirestrokesubstancesubstantive pointsummitsurmounttemblorterminateterminationthe bottom linethe pointthe wholetidal wavetiptip toptip-toptoptop offtop outtsunamiturning pointultimateupheavalupmostupper extremityuppermostupshotutmostutmost extentuttermostveneryvertexvery topwind upwrap upzenith
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Antonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
2 entriesderived
15 entrieshas context
2 entriesis a
5 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
17 entriesShowing 16 of 17 words.
Translations
81 translations across 27 languages.
Azerbaijani
1 entries- kuliminasiya noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Bulgarian
4 entries- градация noun (rhetoric: ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude)
- климакс noun (ecology: stage in ecological development)
- кулминационна точка noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- кулминация noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Catalan
4 entries- apogeu noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- clímax noun (rhetoric: ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude)
- clímax noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- clímax noun (ecology: stage in ecological development)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 高潮 noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- 高潮 noun (orgasm)
Czech
4 entries- orgasmus noun (orgasm)
- vrchol noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- vyvrcholení noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- vyvrcholení noun (orgasm)
Dutch
3 entries- hoogtepunt noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- hoogtepunt noun (orgasm)
- orgasme noun (orgasm)
Esperanto
1 entries- kulmino noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Finnish
4 entries- huipentuma noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- huippu noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- huippu noun (orgasm)
- kliimaksi noun (rhetoric: ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude)
French
4 entries- apogée noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- climax noun (rhetoric: ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude)
- jouissance noun (orgasm)
- orgasme noun (orgasm)
Galician
3 entries- clímax noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- clímax noun (orgasm)
- orgasmo noun (orgasm)
German
3 entries- Höhepunkt noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- Höhepunkt noun (orgasm)
- Orgasmus noun (orgasm)
Icelandic
1 entries- ris noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
Indonesian
2 entries- gong noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
- puncak noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
Italian
2 entries- eccitamento noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- orgasmo noun (orgasm)
Latin
1 entries- patrātiō noun (orgasm)
Malayalam
2 entries- മൂർദ്ധന്യം noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- രതിമൂർച്ഛ noun (orgasm)
Marathi
3 entries- कामपूर्ती noun (orgasm)
- संभोगपूर्ती noun (orgasm)
- समागमपूर्ती noun (orgasm)
Māori
1 entries- karamata noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- klimaks noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- klimaks noun (orgasm)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- klimaks noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- klimaks noun (orgasm)
Polish
4 entries- gradacja noun (rhetoric: ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude)
- klimaks noun (rhetoric: ordering of terms in increasing order of importance or magnitude)
- klimaks noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
- klimaks noun (ecology: stage in ecological development)
Portuguese
4 entries- clímax noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- clímax noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
- clímax noun (orgasm)
- orgasmo noun (orgasm)
Romanian
3 entries- culme noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- orgasm noun (orgasm)
- punct culminant noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
Russian
3 entries- кульмина́ция noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- кульмина́ция noun (turning point in a plot or dramatic action)
- разга́р noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Sanskrit
1 entries- पराकाष्ठा noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- klìmaks noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- клѝмакс noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Spanish
4 entries- clímax noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
- clímax noun (ecology: stage in ecological development)
- clímax noun (orgasm)
- colofón noun (point of greatest intensity or force)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
The game came to a climax.
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All voices were extinguished in the climax.
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Mary did not climax when she and Tom had their first sexual intercourse.
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