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climaxes |
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb climax 1 sense of climax Sense 1 culminate, climax => crown, top Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb climax 1 sense of climax Sense 1 culminate, climax => crown, top Entailment of verb climax Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Frequency) of verb climax 1 sense of climax Sense 1 culminate, climax => end finish, terminate, cease Familiarity of verb climax climax used as a verb is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb climax Sense 1 culminate, climax => end finish, terminate, cease -------------- Grep of noun climax anticlimax climax sexual 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, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace") 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, esp. to reach a final or climactic stage; "The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace")