The Meaning of climax

• (v. i.) Upward movement; steady increase; gradation; ascent.
• (v. i.) A figure in which the parts of a sentence or paragraph are so arranged that each succeeding one rises above its predecessor in impressiveness.
• (v. i.) The highest point; the greatest degree.

Synonyms

rising tide , flood tide , sexual climax , coming , orgasm , culmination , flood , windup , apogee , mop up , closing , completion , approach , advent , approaching , culminate , end , stop , finish , terminate , cease

Rhymes

acts , ajax , antitax , attacks , ax , axe , backes , backs , bax , blacks , borax , contacts , cracks , dacs , dax , earwax , facts , fairfax , fax , filofax , flax , galax , hacks , halifax , imax , impacts , jaques , knacks , knick-knacks , lacks , lax , lomax , maces , macks , macs , max , mesothorax , metathorax , neoax , overtax , packs , pacs , pacts , parallax , pax , plaques , pretax , racks , rax , relax , sachs , sacks , sacs , saks , sax , saxe , slacks , smacks , snacks , stacks , surtax , syntax , tacks , tax , tracks , wacks , wax , whacks , yax , zacks