climactic

cli·mac·tic

adj \klī-ˈmak-tik, klə-\

Definition of CLIMACTIC

: of, relating to, or constituting a climax <the film's climactic scene>

— cli·mac·ti·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb

Examples of CLIMACTIC

1. At the climactic moment, the main character of the novel finds herself face to face with the thief.
2. the movie's climactic chase scene

First Known Use of CLIMACTIC

1870

Related to CLIMACTIC

Synonyms: apocalyptic (also apocalyptical), climacteric

Related Words: apical, apogean, crestal, crowning, culminating, high, highest, meridian; critical, crossover, crucial, fateful, life-and-death (also life-or-death), vital; cataclysmal (or cataclysmic), earthshaking, epochal, momentous; deciding, decisive, payoff, pivotal, watershed; go-no-go, make-or-break

Near Antonyms: anticlimactic (also anticlimactical); inconsequential, indecisive, insignificant, noncritical, trivial, unimportant

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Rhymes with CLIMACTIC

apractic, atactic, didactic, galactic, syntactic