| Main Entry: | climactic/climacteric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | decisive |
Synonyms: |
acute, climactical, critical, crucial, desperate, dire, paramount, peak |
Antonyms: |
anticlimacteric, anticlimactic, bathetic, indecisive, trivial, undecided |
| Main Entry: | climactic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pertaining to climax |
Synonyms: |
climatical, critical, crowning, crucial, culminating, decisive, peak, supreme |
| Notes: | climactic means appearing at a climax; climatic relates to weather and climate; one can speak of poor climatic conditions or of a certain climactic development |
| Main Entry: | dramatic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | exciting, moving |
Synonyms: |
affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, tragicomic, vivid |
Antonyms: |
comedic, normal, ordinary, undramatic, unexciting, unmoving, usual |
| Main Entry: | last |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | final; newest |
Synonyms: |
aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endwise, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindmost, lag, latest, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Notes: | last is the lowest in an ordering or series while latter means referring to the second of two things or persons mentioned |
Antonyms: |
beginning, first, front, initial, introductory, oldest, primary, starting |
| Main Entry: | pivotal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | important |
Synonyms: |
cardinal, central, climactic, critical, crucial, decisive, determining, essential, focal, middle, momentous, overriding, overruling, principal, ruling, vital |
Antonyms: |
inconsequential, unimportant, unsubstantial |
| Main Entry: | histrionical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
Synonyms: |
affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, spectacular, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, the |
| Main Entry: | lattermost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | last |
Synonyms: |
aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endmost, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindermost, hindmost, lag, latest*, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, rearmost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Main Entry: | rearmost |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | last |
Synonyms: |
aftermost, antipodal, at the end, bitter end, climactic, closing, concluding, conclusive, crowning, curtains, definitive, determinate, determinative, end, ending, endmost, eventual, extreme, far, far-off, farthest, finishing, furthest, hindermost, hindmost, lag, latest*, lattermost, least, lowest, meanest, most recent, once and for all, outermost, remotest, supreme, swan song, terminal, ulterior, ultimate, utmost, uttermost |
| Main Entry: | theatric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dramatic |
Synonyms: |
affecting, breathtaking, climactic, comic, dramaturgic, dramaturgical, effective, electrifying, emotional, expressive, farcical, histrionic, histrionical, impressive, melodramatic, powerful, sensational, spectacular, startling, striking, sudden, suspenseful, tense, theatrical, thespian, thrilling, tragic, vivid |