ANTICLIMAX - Definition & Meaning for Kids

Simple definitions and word synonyms for kids.

Part of speech: Noun

a disappointing decline after a previous rise

Example: the anticlimax of a brilliant career

Categories: Fall, Downfall

Part of speech: Noun

a change from a serious subject to a disappointing one

Categories: Conclusion, End, Close, Closing, Ending

anti- – A related word in the same word family.

climax – A related word in the same word family.

Language families split when populations migrated, carrying their vocabulary to new lands.