| Main Entry: | high noon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | 12:00 o'clock |
Synonyms: |
1200 hours, eight bells, meridian, meridiem, midday, noon, noonday, nooning, noontide, noontime, peak |
| Main Entry: | critical mass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial point |
Synonyms: |
climax, crisis, crisis point, critical juncture, critical point, critical stage, crossroads, crossroads, crucial moment, crunch time, decisive moment, defining moment, do or die time, emergency, high noon, high noon, irreversible momentum, moment of truth, pivotal point, point of no return, sink or swim time, the Rubicon, turning point, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | meridian |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | summit, climax |
Synonyms: |
acme, apex, apogee, crest, culmination, extremity, high noon, high-water mark, peak, pinnacle, zenith |
| Main Entry: | midday |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | middle of the day |
Synonyms: |
12 PM, high noon, lunchtime, noon, noontide, noontime, twelve hundred, twelve noon, twelve o'clock |
Antonyms: |
12 AM, midnight |
| Main Entry: | noon |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | the middle of a day |
Synonyms: |
apex, high noon, meridian, midday, noonday, noontide, noontime, twelve noon, twelve o'clock |
Antonyms: |
midnight |
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
Synonyms: |
axis, change, climacteric, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical moment, critical period, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, decisive moment, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, kairotic moment, moment of truth, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, peripeteia, pinch, pivot, pivotal moment, point of no return, race against time, rising action, shift, strait, transition, turn of the tide, twist, when push comes to shove, zero hour, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | zenith |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top |
Synonyms: |
acme, altitude, apex, apogee, cap, capper, capstone, climax, crest, crown, culmination, elevation, eminence, height, high noon, high point, meridian, payoff, peak, pinnacle, roof, summit, tiptop, topper, vertex |
| Notes: | zenith derived from Arabic samt ar-ras 'the way or road above one's head'; zenith technically is the point directly above the observer and nadir is the point directly below |
Antonyms: |
bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | crunch time |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial moment |
Synonyms: |
critical mass, critical moment, do or die time, high noon, moment of truth, pivotal point |