'Climax' definitions:
Definition of 'climax'
(from WordNet)
noun
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" [syn: climax, flood tide]
noun
The decisive moment in a novel or play; "the deathbed scene is the climax of the play" [syn: climax, culmination]
noun
The moment of most intense pleasure in sexual intercourse [syn: orgasm, climax, sexual climax, coming]
noun
The most severe stage of a disease
noun
Arrangement of clauses in ascending order of forcefulness
verb
End, especially to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace" [syn: culminate, climax]
Definition of 'Climax'
From: GCIDE
- Climax \Cli"max\, n. [L., from Gr. ? ladder, staircase, fr. ? to make to bend, to lean. See Ladder, Lean, v. i.]
- 1. Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent. --Glanvill. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Rhet.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness. [1913 Webster]
- "Tribulation worketh patience, patience experience, and experience hope" -- a happy climax. --J. D. Forbes. [1913 Webster]
- 3. The highest point; the greatest degree. [1913 Webster]
- We must look higher for the climax of earthly good. --I. Taylor. [1913 Webster]
- To cap the climax, to surpass everything, as in excellence or in absurdity. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'climax'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achieve satisfaction,
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- act of love,
- adultery,
- all,
- apex,
- aphrodisia,
- apogee,
- apoplexy,
- ass,
- balling,
- bench mark,
- bitter end,
- breakup,
- brow,
- button up,
- cap,
- capstone,
- cardinal point,
- carnal knowledge,
- carry to completion,
- cataclysm,
- catastrophe,
- ceiling,
- chief thing,
- clean up,
- close out,
- close up,
- cloud nine,
- cohabitation,
- coition,
- coitus,
- coitus interruptus,
- come,
- commerce,
- complete,
- completion,
- conclude,
- conclusion,
- congress,
- connection,
- consummate,
- consummation,
- content,
- convulsion,
- copestone,
- copula,
- copulation,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- coupling,
- crest,
- crisis,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crown,
- crux,
- culmen,
- culminate,
- culmination,
- denouement,
- diastrophism,
- diddling,
- disaster,
- edge,
- ejaculate,
- end,
- end result,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- extreme,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- final result,
- final stroke,
- final touch,
- finale,
- finalize,
- finish,
- finish off,
- finish up,
- finisher,
- finishing stroke,
- fit,
- fornication,
- frost,
- fundamental,
- get done,
- get it over,
- get off,
- get through,
- get through with,
- gist,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- head,
- heart,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- high point,
- highest degree,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- ice,
- important thing,
- intercourse,
- intimacy,
- issue,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- last act,
- last stroke,
- last touch,
- last word,
- limit,
- lovemaking,
- main point,
- main thing,
- making it with,
- marital relations,
- marriage act,
- material point,
- mating,
- maximum,
- meat,
- meridian,
- milestone,
- mop up,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- nth degree,
- nub,
- onanism,
- orgasm,
- outtop,
- overarch,
- overthrow,
- overtop,
- ovum,
- pareunia,
- paroxysm,
- payoff,
- peak,
- perfect,
- perfection,
- pink,
- pink of perfection,
- pinnacle,
- pitch,
- pith,
- pivot,
- please,
- point,
- pole,
- procreation,
- quake,
- reach orgasm,
- real issue,
- relations,
- ridge,
- round out,
- salient point,
- satisfy,
- screwing,
- seventh heaven,
- sex,
- sex act,
- sexual climax,
- sexual commerce,
- sexual congress,
- sexual intercourse,
- sexual relations,
- sexual union,
- sine qua non,
- sky,
- sleeping with,
- spasm,
- sperm,
- spire,
- stroke,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- summit,
- surmount,
- temblor,
- terminate,
- termination,
- the bottom line,
- the point,
- the whole,
- tidal wave,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- top off,
- top out,
- tsunami,
- turning point,
- ultimate,
- upheaval,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- utmost extent,
- uttermost,
- venery,
- vertex,
- very top,
- wind up,
- wrap up,
- zenith
Climax, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Climax, GA -- U.S. city in Georgia
Population (2000) :
297
Housing Units (2000) :
134
Land area (2000) :
0.790467 sq. miles (2.047300 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.790467 sq. miles (2.047300 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16908
Located within :
Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location :
30.877194 N, 84.431975 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
31734
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Climax, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Climax, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
Population (2000) :
64
Housing Units (2000) :
29
Land area (2000) :
0.125651 sq. miles (0.325434 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
0.125651 sq. miles (0.325434 sq. km)
FIPS code :
14275
Located within :
Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
Location :
37.720155 N, 96.223888 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
67137
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Climax, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Climax, MI -- U.S. village in Michigan
Population (2000) :
791
Housing Units (2000) :
291
Land area (2000) :
1.027410 sq. miles (2.660980 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.027410 sq. miles (2.660980 sq. km)
FIPS code :
16440
Located within :
Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
Location :
42.237493 N, 85.336970 W
ZIP Codes (1990) :
49034
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
Climax, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
Climax, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
Population (2000) :
243
Housing Units (2000) :
124
Land area (2000) :
1.145192 sq. miles (2.966034 sq. km)
Water area (2000) :
0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000) :
1.145192 sq. miles (2.966034 sq. km)
FIPS code :
11962
Located within :
Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
Location :
47.608772 N, 96.815453 W
Note :
some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.