nnoun.eventthe highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfoldingSynset:climax
Examples:- the climax of the artist's career
- in the flood tide of his success
Derivationally Related Form:climaxclimactic
Hypernyms:juncture occasion
Inherited Hypernyms:climaxjuncturehappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity
nnoun.eventthe occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)Synset:flood rising tide
Examples:- a tide in the affairs of men which, taken at the flood, leads on to fortune" -Shakespeare
Antonyms:ebbtide
Hypernyms:tide
Inherited Hypernyms:flood tidetideperiodic eventhappeningeventpsychological featureabstractionentity