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anticlimactic has 1 distinct synonym spread across 1 of its 2 senses. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is climactic.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
of or relating to a sudden change from an impressive to a ludicrous style
coming after the climax especially of a dramatic or narrative plot
“everything after the discovery of the murderer was anticlimactic”
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for anticlimactic come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.