culminations
Highest points reached
Culminations are the highest or final points of development—the moments when something reaches its peak or conclusion.
A career culmination might be winning a lifetime achievement award.
A plot's culmination is its climax.
The word implies a process building toward completion: The festival was the culmination of months of planning.
Judgments reached through reasoning
- completionsActs of finishing
- endingsConcluding portions
- finalesConcluding portions of performances
- outcomesFinal results achieved
results · resolutions · consummations · fruitions · realizations · fulfillments · end results · closures
Highest points attained
- zenithsUppermost points reached
- pinnaclesHighest or culminating points
- apexesUppermost points of things
- triumphsOverwhelming victories
summits · climaxes · high points · capstones · masterworks · finest hours · crescendos · grand finales
Concluding portions
- finishesBrings to an end
- closingsFinal stages of deals
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
- final daysConcluding period
end times · twilights · sunsets · endgames · winding down
Points of greatest intensity
- turning pointsDecisive shifts in direction
- showdownsDecisive final confrontations
- revelationsSurprising facts made known
- crescendosGradual rises in loudness
pivotal moments · story arcs · catharsis · denouements · breaking points · confrontations
conclusions
Judgments reached through reasoning
- completionsActs of finishing
- endingsConcluding portions
- finalesConcluding portions of performances
outcomes · results · resolutions · consummations · fruitions · realizations · fulfillments · end results · closures · wrap-ups
peaks
Highest points attained
- zenithsUppermost points reached
- pinnaclesHighest or culminating points
- apexesUppermost points of things
triumphs · summits · climaxes · high points · capstones · masterworks · finest hours · crescendos · grand finales · victories
endings
Concluding portions
- finishesBrings to an end
- closingsFinal stages of deals
- conclusionsJudgments reached through reasoning
final days · end times · twilights · sunsets · endgames · winding down
climaxes
Points of greatest intensity
- turning pointsDecisive shifts in direction
- showdownsDecisive final confrontations
- revelationsSurprising facts made known
crescendos · pivotal moments · story arcs · catharsis · denouements · breaking points · confrontations
culminationsbeginnings
Initial stages of something
starts · origins · onsets · openings · commencements