'Climacteric' definitions:
Definition of 'climacteric'
(from WordNet)
noun
A period in a man's life corresponding to menopause
noun
The time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends [syn: menopause, climacteric, change of life]
Definition of 'Climacteric'
From: GCIDE
- Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\ (? or ?; 277), a. [L. climactericus, Gr. ?. See Climacter.] Relating to a climacteric; critical. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Climacteric'
From: GCIDE
- Climacteric \Cli*mac"ter*ic\, n.
- 1. A period in human life in which some great change is supposed to take place in the constitution. The critical periods are thought by some to be the years produced by multiplying 7 into the odd numbers 3, 5, 7, and 9; to which others add the 81st year. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Any critical period. [1913 Webster]
- It is your lot, as it was mine, to live during one of the grand climacterics of the world. --Southey. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'climacteric'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- change of life,
- charged,
- clutch,
- convergence of events,
- crisis,
- critical,
- critical juncture,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crucial,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- decisive,
- desperate,
- dire,
- emergency,
- emergent,
- exigency,
- exigent,
- extremity,
- grand climacteric,
- hinge,
- kairotic,
- loaded,
- menopause,
- pass,
- pinch,
- pivotal,
- pregnant,
- push,
- rub,
- strait,
- turn,
- turning point