Synonyms for culminate

Synonyms for (verb) culminate

Synonyms: culminate

Definition: rise to, or form, a summit

Usage: The helmet culminated in a crest

Similar words: form

Definition: assume a form or shape

Usage: the water formed little beads


Synonyms: culminate

Definition: bring to a head or to the highest point

Usage: Seurat culminated pointillism

Similar words: end, terminate

Definition: bring to an end or halt

Usage: She ended their friendship when she found out that he had once been convicted of a crime; The attack on Poland terminated the relatively peaceful period after WW I


Synonyms: climax, culminate

Definition: end, especially to reach a final or climactic stage

Usage: The meeting culminated in a tearful embrace

Similar words: cease, stop, terminate, finish, end

Definition: have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

Usage: the bronchioles terminate in a capillary bed; Your rights stop where you infringe upon the rights of other; My property ends by the bushes; The symphony ends in a pianissimo


Synonyms: culminate

Definition: reach the highest altitude or the meridian, of a celestial body

Similar words: hit, make, gain, attain, arrive at, reach

Definition: reach a destination, either real or abstract

Usage: We hit Detroit by noon; The water reached the doorstep; We barely made it to the finish line; I have to hit the MAC machine before the weekend starts


Synonyms: culminate

Definition: reach the highest or most decisive point

Similar words: accomplish, achieve, attain, reach

Definition: to gain with effort

Usage: she achieved her goal despite setbacks


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