| Main Entry: | culmination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; climactic stage |
Synonyms: |
acme, all the way, apex, apogee, blow off, capper, climax, completion, consummation, critical mass, crown, crowning touch, finale, finish, height, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, noon, payoff, peak, perfection, pinnacle, punch line, summit, top, zenith |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | acme |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pinnacle of achievement or physical object |
Synonyms: |
apogee, capstone, climax, culmination, height, high point, highest point, meridian, optimum, peak, summit, top, ultimate, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
nadir |
| Main Entry: | apex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, high point |
Synonyms: |
acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, greatest, height, max, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, sublimity, summit, tip, tops, up there, vertex, zenith |
Antonyms: |
nadir |
| Main Entry: | catastrophe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | calamity; unhappy conclusion |
Synonyms: |
accident, adversity, affliction, alluvion, bad luck, bad news, blow, calamity, casualty, cataclysm, contretemps, crash, culmination, curtains, debacle, denouement, desolation, devastation, disaster, emergency, end, failure, fatality, fiasco, finale, grief, hardship, havoc, ill, infliction, meltdown, misadventure, mischance, misery, misfortune, mishap, reverse, scourge, stroke, termination, the worst, tragedy, trial, trouble, upshot, waterloo, wreck |
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benefit, blessing, favor, good fortune, good luck, happiness, miracle, success, wonder |
| Main Entry: | clincher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | settling event |
Synonyms: |
capper, closer, coup de grâce, crowning blow, culmination, deathblow, deciding moment, finisher, finishing touch |
| Main Entry: | close |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ending |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, cease, cessation, completion, conclusion, culmination, denouement, desistance, end, finale, finish, period, stop, termination, windup |
Antonyms: |
beginning, commencement, opening, start |
| Main Entry: | completion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accomplishment, finishing |
Synonyms: |
achievement, attainment, close, conclusion, consummation, culmination, curtains, dispatch, end, expiration, finalization, finis, finish, fruition, fulfillment, hips, integration, perfection, realization, swan song, windup, wrap-up |
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anticlimax, imperfection |
| Main Entry: | conclusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | end |
Synonyms: |
cease, cessation, close, closure, completion, consequence, culmination, denouement, desistance, development, end of the line, ending, eventuality, finale, finish, issue, outcome, payoff, period, result, stop, termination, upshot, windup, wrap |
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beginning, commencement, introduction, preface, prelude, start |
| Main Entry: | consummation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement, fulfillment |
Synonyms: |
cleanup, completion, culmination, doing it to a T, end, mop-up, payoff, perfection, realization, to a finish, wind-up, wrap, wrap-up |
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failure, unfulfillment |
| Main Entry: | corollary |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, deduction |
Synonyms: |
aftereffect, analogy, consequence, culmination, effect, end, end product, induction, inference, issue, precipitate, result, sequel, sequence, upshot |