Synonyms of culminating

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adjective

as in crowning

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

culminating

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verb

present participle of culminate

as in finishing

to bring to a triumphant conclusion

culminated the school year with a trip to New York

Synonyms & Similar Words

• finishing
• completing
• crowning
• concluding
• climaxing
• capping (off)
• terminating
• rounding (off or out)
• wrapping up

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of culminating

Verb

Fernandes created four chances per game, more than any other player across Europe’s top five leagues, culminating in a record-breaking 21 Premier League assists. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 18 Aug. 2026

As the line between skincare and makeup has continued to blur, foundations have become ever more sophisticated, culminating in the latest launches of next gen formulas that have exceeded our expectations for what a foundation can do. — Celia Shatzman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026

The United States’ Middle East order, too, had been decaying for years as policy and political failures accumulated, culminating in the loss of shared purpose and the military impotence revealed by the latest crises. — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

Jiang’s era saw China’s economy charge ahead and open up to the world, culminating with the country joining the World Trade Organization – with US support – in 2001. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 17 Aug. 2026

Six trespassers have breached the fence around Denver International Airport since 2023, culminating in the May crash with a Frontier Airlines flight that killed a person who scaled the security fence and walked onto a runway, police records show. — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 17 Aug. 2026

The band will play in six cities during its fall tour, culminating in back-to-back concerts at Madison Square Garden in New York City. — Adam Thompson, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026

Senators left Washington for a five-week recess Saturday after hours of tense negotiations over which priorities to take up before departing, culminating in a series of early morning votes. — Theodoric Meyer, Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2026

During Kim Jong Il’s leadership North Korea also accelerated its ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs, culminating in the country’s first nuclear test in 2006. — Ethan Teekah, Encyclopedia Britannica, 6 Aug. 2026