Word Type

Proper Noun

Noun

Verb

The word "climax" can be used as proper noun, noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

catacosmesis

Derived Terms

anticlimax climactic climax community climaxer climaxless disclimax microclimax miniclimax monoclimax nonclimax plagioclimax polyclimax postclimax preclimax sexual climax

Context

commonly rhetoric

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

cease consummation degree end finish instant juncture level minute moment occasion point rhetorical device second stage stop terminate

Type Of (IsA)

degree event juncture moment rhetorical device

Part Of

story

Related Terms

anadiplosis climacteric

Related Terms

acme anadiplosis arrange ascend bring climacteric culmination instance last order orgasm particularly reach rhetorical device series such term

Synonym Network

culminate incrementum orgasm

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