Synonyms of the word

culmination

• n. (astronomy) The attainment of the highest point of altitude reached by a heavenly body; passage across…
• n. Attainment or arrival at the highest pitch of glory, power, etc.

apogee

• n. (astronomy) The point, in an orbit about the Earth, that is furthest from the Earth: the apoapsis of an…
• n. (astronomy, more generally) The point, in an orbit about any planet, that is farthest from the planet:…
• n. (possibly archaic outside astrology) The point, in any trajectory of an object in space, where it is furthest…
• n. (figuratively) The highest point.

climax

• n. (originally rhetoric) A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
• n. (obsolete) An instance of such an ascending series.
• n. (now commonly) A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series, particularly.
• v. To reach or bring to a climax.
• v. To orgasm; to reach orgasm.

closing

• n. The act by which something is closed.
• n. The end or conclusion of something.
• n. The final procedure in a house sale when documents are signed and recorded.
• adj. Coming after all others.
• v. present participle of close.

completion

• n. The act or state of being or making something complete; conclusion, accomplishment.
• n. (law) The conclusion of an act of conveyancing concerning the sale of a property.
• n. (American football) A forward pass that is successfully caught by the intended receiver.
• n. (mathematics) The act of making a metric space complete by adding points.
• n. (mathematics) The space resulting from such an act.

conclusion

• n. The end, finish, close or last part of something.
• n. The outcome or result of a process or act.
• n. A decision reached after careful thought.
• n. (logic) In an argument or syllogism, the proposition that follows as a necessary consequence of the premises.
• n. (obsolete) An experiment, or something from which a conclusion may be drawn.
• n. (law) The end or close of a pleading, e.g. the formal ending of an indictment, "against the peace", etc.
• n. (law) An estoppel or bar by which a person is held to a particular position.

ending

• v. present participle of end.
• n. A termination or conclusion.
• n. The last part of something.
• n. (grammar) The last morpheme of a word, added to some base to make an inflected form (such as -ing in "ending").

instant

• n. A very short period of time; a moment.
• n. A single, usually precise, point in time.
• n. A beverage or food which has been pre-processed to reduce preparation time, especially instant coffee.
• n. A day of the current month (abbreviated as: inst.).
• adj. (dated) Impending; imminent.
• adj. (dated) Urgent; pressing; acute.
• adj. Occurring immediately; immediate; present.
• adj. Lasting for a short moment; momentary; short-lived.
• adj. Very quickly and easily prepared.
• adj. Of the current month (abbreviation inst.).
• adv. (poetic) At once; immediately.

minute

• n. A unit of time equal to sixty seconds (one-sixtieth of an hour).
• n. (informal) A short but unspecified time period.
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a degree.
• n. (chiefly in the plural, minutes) A (usually formal) written record of a meeting or a part of a meeting.
• n. A unit of purchase on a telephone or other network, especially a cell phone network, roughly equivalent…
• n. A point in time; a moment.
• n. A nautical or a geographic mile.
• n. An old coin, a half farthing.
• n. (obsolete) A very small part of anything, or anything very small; a jot; a whit.
• n. (architecture) A fixed part of a module.
• n. (slang, US, dialectal) A while or a long unspecified period of time.
• v. (transitive) Of an event, to write in a memo or the minutes of a meeting.
• v. To set down a short sketch or note of; to jot down; to make a minute or a brief summary of.
• adj. Very small.
• adj. Very careful and exact, giving small details.

moment

• n. A brief, unspecified amount of time.
• n. The smallest portion of time; an instant.
• n. Weight or importance.
• n. (physics, mechanics) The turning effect of a force applied to a rotational system at a distance from the…
• n. (historical) A definite period of time, specifically one-tenth of a point, or one-fortieth or one-fiftieth…
• n. (informal) A petit mal episode; such a spell.
• n. (colloquial) A fit, a short-duration tantrum, a hissy.
• n. (mathematics) An infinitesimal change in a varying quantity; an increment or decrement.
• n. (mathematics) A quantitative measure of the shape of a set of points.

phase

• n. A distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
• n. That which is exhibited to the eye; the appearance which anything manifests, especially any one among…
• n. Any appearance or aspect of an object of mental apprehension or view.
• n. (astronomy) A particular appearance or state in a regularly recurring cycle of changes with respect to…
• n. (physics) Any one point or portion in a recurring series of changes, as in the changes of motion of one…
• n. (chemistry) A component in a material system that is distinguished by chemical composition and/or physical…
• n. (zoology) In certain organisms, one of two or more colour variations characteristic of the species, but…
• n. (rugby union) The period of play between consecutive breakdowns.
• n. (genetics) A haplotype.
• n. (mathematics) The arctangent of the quotient formed by dividing the imaginary part of a complex number…
• n. (music) A distortion caused by a difference in the speed of propagation for different frequencies.
• v. (with in or out) To begin—if construed with "in"—or to discontinue—if construed with out—(doing) something…
• v. Archaic form of faze.
• v. (genetics, informal, transitive) To determine haplotypes in (data) when genotypes are known.
• v. To pass into or through a solid object.
• p.n. (obsolete) Passover.

second

• adj. Number-two; following after the first one with nothing between them. The ordinal number corresponding…
• adj. Next to the first in value, power, excellence, dignity, or rank; secondary; subordinate; inferior.
• adj. Being of the same kind as one that has preceded; another.
• adv. (with superlative) After the first; at the second rank.
• adv. After the first occurrence but before the third.
• n. One that is number two in a series.
• n. One that is next in rank, quality, precedence, position, status, or authority.
• n. The place that is next below or after first in a race or contest.
• n. (usually in the plural) A manufactured item that, though still usable, fails to meet quality control standards.
• n. (usually in the plural) An additional helping of food.
• n. A chance or attempt to achieve what should have been done the first time, usually indicating success this…
• n. (music) The interval between two adjacent notes in a diatonic scale (either or both of them may be raised…
• n. The second gear of an engine.
• n. (baseball) Second base.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• v. To follow in the next place; to succeed.
• v. (climbing) To climb after a lead climber.
• n. One-sixtieth of a minute; the SI unit of time, defined as the duration of 9,192,631,770 periods of radiation…
• n. A unit of angle equal to one-sixtieth of a minute of arc or one part in 3600 of a degree.
• n. (informal) A short, indeterminate amount of time.
• v. (transitive, Britain) To transfer temporarily to alternative employment.
• v. (transitive) To assist or support; to back.
• v. (transitive) To agree as a second person to (a proposal), usually to reach a necessary quorum of two.…
• n. One who supports another in a contest or combat, such as a dueller's assistant.
• n. One who supports or seconds a motion, or the act itself, as required in certain meetings to pass judgement…
• n. (obsolete) Aid; assistance; help.

stage

• n. A phase.
• n. A platform, generally elevated, upon which show performances or other public events are given.
• n. A floor or storey of a house.
• n. A floor elevated for the convenience of mechanical work, etc.; scaffolding; staging.
• n. A platform, often floating, serving as a kind of wharf.
• n. A stagecoach, an enclosed horsedrawn carriage used to carry passengers.
• n. (dated) A place of rest on a regularly travelled road; a station; a place appointed for a relay of horses.
• n. (dated) A degree of advancement in a journey; one of several portions into which a road or course is marked…
• n. (electronics) The number of an electronic circuit’s block, such as a filter, an amplifier, etc.
• n. The place on a microscope where the slide is located for viewing.
• n. (video games) A level; one of the sequential areas making up the game.
• n. A place where anything is publicly exhibited, or a remarkable affair occurs; the scene.
• n. (geology) The succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic time scale.
• v. To produce on a stage, to perform a play.
• v. To demonstrate in a deceptive manner.
• v. (Of a protest or strike etc.) To carry out.
• v. To place in position to prepare for use.

termination

• n. The process of terminating or the state of being terminated.
• n. The process of firing an employee; ending one's employment at a business for any reason.
• n. An end in time; a conclusion.
• n. An end in space; an edge or limit.
• n. An outcome or result.
• n. The last part of a word; an ending, a desinence; a suffix.
• n. (medicine) An induced abortion.
• n. (obsolete, rare) A word, a term.
• n. The ending up of a polypeptid chain.

windup

• n. The act of ending or concluding something.
• n. The last part of something; a conclusion.
• n. (Britain) A practical joke or tease.
• n. (baseball) The act of preparing for a certain style of pitching.
• adj. Operated by a coiled spring that is wound by hand.