Synonyms for culmination
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Completion
2. Climax
climax, zenith, pinnacle, apogee, apotheosis, apex, acme, consummation, high point, height, living end, top, maximum, summit, head, crown, culmen, noontide, peak slang, meridian dated rare
Definitions
- n. 1
The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across the meridian; transit.
- n. 2
An endpoint arrived at after some series of actions or events, or some period, usually after the series or period has ended. The sum of something.
Related words
- Word family
- culminate
Forms
- Plural
- culminations → completions, closings, wind-ups, climaxes…
Example sentences
- climax The audience sobbed throughout the climax of the movie.
- zenith His fame was at its zenith at that time.
By length
- 3 letters
- top1
- 4 letters
- head1, peak1, apex2, acme2
- 5 letters
- crown1
- 6 letters
- height1, summit2, climax2, zenith2, apogee3, culmen
- 7 letters
- maximum3, closing2
- 8 letters
- pinnacle3, meridian4, noontide
- 10 letters
- completion3, apotheosis5
- 12 letters
- consummation4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (apex2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- culminance