- climax, flood tide - the highest point of anything conceived of as growing or developing or unfolding; "the climax of the artist's career"; "in the flood tide of his success"
--1 is a kind of juncture, occasion
- flood tide, rising tide - the occurrence of incoming water (between a low tide and the following high tide)
--2 is a kind of tide
--2 has parts: flood
Antonyms: ebbtide