Synonyms of climacteric

climacteric 1 of 2

adjective

as in climactic

of, relating to, or being a major turning point

as the war reached its climacteric phase, the atrocities dramatically increased, both in number and brutality

Synonyms & Similar Words

• climactic
• highest
• apocalyptical
• apocalyptic
• critical
• pivotal
• decisive
• culminating
• crucial
• watershed
• high
• meridian
• epochal
• crowning
• apical
• momentous
• life-and-death
• life-or-death
• cataclysmic
• fateful
• crestal
• earthshaking
• crossover
• vital
• apogean
• payoff
• deciding
• make-or-break
• cataclysmal
• go-no-go

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• anticlimactic
• unimportant
• trivial
• insignificant
• anticlimactical
• inconsequential
• noncritical
• indecisive

climacteric

2 of 2

noun

as in climax

a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs

historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric, that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide

Synonyms & Similar Words

• climax
• milestone
• watershed
• landmark
• corner
• highlight
• milepost
• turning point
• crisis
• transformation
• metamorphosis
• exigency
• emergency
• extremity
• crusher
• conversion
• transfiguration
• conjuncture
• juncture
• turnabout
• clincher
• turnaround
• topper
• break
• capper
• clutch
• crunch
• crunch time
• boiling point
• zero hour
• flash point
• breaking point
• crossroad(s)
• Dunkirk
• head

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