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climax
Overview of noun climax
The noun climax has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (2) climax, flood tide -- (the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success")
2. (2) climax, culmination -- (the decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play")
3. (1) orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming -- (the moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse)
4. climax -- (the most severe stage of a disease)
5. climax -- (arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness)
Overview of verb climax
The verb climax has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (2) culminate, climax -- (end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun climax
5 senses of climax
Sense 1
climax, flood tide
=> juncture, occasion
=> happening, occurrence, occurrent, natural event
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
climax, culmination
=> moment, minute, second, instant
=> point, point in time
=> measure, quantity, amount
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
=> consummation
=> completion, culmination, closing, windup, mop up
=> termination, ending, conclusion
=> change of state
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
climax
=> degree, level, stage, point
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
climax
=> rhetorical device
=> device
=> expressive style, style
=> communication
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun climax
1 of 5 senses of climax
Sense 3
orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
=> male orgasm
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun climax
5 senses of climax
Sense 1
climax, flood tide
=> juncture, occasion
Sense 2
climax, culmination
=> moment, minute, second, instant
Sense 3
orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
=> consummation
Sense 4
climax
=> degree, level, stage, point
Sense 5
climax
=> rhetorical device
Antonyms of noun climax
Member Holonyms of noun climax
Substance Holonyms of noun climax
Part Holonyms of noun climax
1 of 5 senses of climax
Sense 2
climax, culmination
PART OF: story
Member Meronyms of noun climax
Substance Meronyms of noun climax
Part Meronyms of noun climax
Meronyms of noun climax
Holonyms of noun climax
1 of 5 senses of climax
Sense 2
climax, culmination
PART OF: story
Attributes of noun climax
Derived Forms of noun climax
4 of 5 senses of climax
Sense 1
climax, flood tide
RELATED TO>(adj) climactic#1
=> climactic
RELATED TO>(verb) climax#1
=> culminate, climax
Sense 2
climax, culmination
RELATED TO>(adj) climactic#1
=> climactic
RELATED TO>(verb) climax#1
=> culminate, climax
Sense 3
orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
RELATED TO>(adj) climactic#1
=> climactic
Sense 4
climax
RELATED TO>(adj) climactic#1
=> climactic
Domain of noun climax
Domain Terms of noun climax
Familiarity of noun climax
climax used as a noun is common (polysemy count =5)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun climax
5 senses of climax
Sense 1
climax, flood tide
> juncture, occasion
=> climax, flood tide
=> conjuncture
=> crisis
=> landmark, turning point, watershed
=> milestone
=> pass, head, straits
=> reality check
Sense 2
climax, culmination
> moment, minute, second, instant
=> climax, culmination
=> eleventh hour, last minute
=> moment of truth
=> moment of truth
=> pinpoint
=> time
=> psychological moment
Sense 3
orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
> consummation
=> realization, realisation, fruition
=> orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming
=> fulfillment, fulfilment
Sense 4
climax
> degree, level, stage, point
=> ladder
=> acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top
=> extent
=> resultant, end point
=> standard of living, standard of life
=> plane
=> state of the art
=> ultimacy, ultimateness
=> quickening
=> climax
Sense 5
climax
> rhetorical device
=> anacoluthia, anacoluthon
=> asyndeton
=> repetition
=> anastrophe, inversion
=> antiphrasis
=> antithesis
=> antinomasia
=> apophasis
=> aposiopesis
=> apostrophe
=> catachresis
=> chiasmus
=> climax
=> conversion
=> ecphonesis, exclamation
=> emphasis
=> enallage
=> epanorthosis
=> epiplexis
=> hendiadys
=> hypallage
=> hyperbaton
=> hypozeugma
=> hypozeuxis
=> hysteron proteron
=> litotes, meiosis
=> onomatopoeia
=> paralepsis, paraleipsis, paralipsis, preterition
=> paregmenon
=> polysyndeton
=> prolepsis
=> wellerism
=> trope, figure of speech, figure, image
Meronyms of noun climax
5 senses of climax
Holonyms of noun climax
1 of 5 senses of climax
Sense 2
climax, culmination
PART OF: story
Grep of noun climax
anticlimax
climax
sexual climax
Antonyms of verb climax
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb climax
1 sense of climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb climax
1 sense of climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
=> crown, top
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb climax
1 sense of climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
'Cause To' of verb climax
Derived Forms of verb climax
1 sense of climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
RELATED TO>(noun) climax#1
=> climax, flood tide
RELATED TO>(noun) climax#2
=> climax, culmination
Domain of verb climax
Domain Terms of verb climax
Familiarity of verb climax
climax used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Sample Sentences of verb climax
1 sense of climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
*> Something is ----ing PP
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb climax
1 sense of climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
=> pass away
=> lapse
=> cut out
=> go out
=> adjourn, recess, break up
=> vanish, disappear
=> culminate, climax
=> run out
=> run low, run short, go
=> vanish, disappear, go away
=> conclude, close
=> turn out, come out
=> discontinue
=> break
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb climax
Sense 1
culminate, climax
=> end, stop, finish, terminate, cease
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Grep of verb climax
climax
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