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hinge - 16 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | hinge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pivot, turning point |
| Synonyms: | articulation, axis, butt, elbow, hook, joint, juncture, knee, link, pin, spring, swivel, ball-and-socket |
| Main Entry: | hinge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be contingent on |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, pend, pivot, rest, turn, turn on, be subject to, be undecided, revolve around, stand on |
| Main Entry: | axis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point around which something revolves |
| Synonyms: | axle, hinge, pivot, pole, shaft, spindle, stalk, stem, support, turning point, arbor |
| Main Entry: | base |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | build plan or opinion on |
| Synonyms: | construct, depend, derive, establish, found, ground, hinge, locate, plant, predicate, prop, rest, set up, station, stay |
| Main Entry: | elbow |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | angular part of arm; angularly shaped item |
| Synonyms: | angle, bend, bow, corner, crook, curve, fork, funny bone, hinge, joint, turn, ancon, crazy bone, crutch, half turn |
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | center point about which something |
| Synonyms: | axle, center, focal point, heart, hinge, hub, shaft, spindle, swivel, turning point, fulcrum, kingpin, revolves axis |
| Antonyms: | exterior, outside, exteriority |
| Main Entry: | pivot |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | revolve around center point |
| Synonyms: | depend, hang, hinge, rely, rotate, sheer, spin, swivel, turn, twirl, veer, wheel, whip, whirl, be contingent, volte-face |
| Main Entry: | swivel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | spin around axis |
| Synonyms: | hinge, pivot, revolve, rotate, turn, whirl, pirouette, swing around |
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
| Synonyms: | axis, change, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, moment of truth*, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, pinch, pivot, point of no return, shift, strait, transition, twist, zero hour*, zero hour, climacteric, critical moment, critical period, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, decisive moment, kairotic moment, peripeteia, pivotal moment, race against time, rising action, turn of the tide, when push comes to shove |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | junction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, confluence, consolidation, convergence, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, intersection, joint, juncture, knee, link, linking, meeting, node, pivot, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, union, weld, collocation, concursion, conjugation, coupling, hookup, interface, joining, miter, mortise, plug-in, tie-in, tie-up |
| Notes: | junction means the place where two or more things come together while juncture means an event that occurs at a critical time or point in time when a critical decision must be made |
| Main Entry: | joint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | intersection, juncture |
| Synonyms: | abutment, articulation, bend, bond, bracket, bridge, concourse, confluence, connection, crux, elbow, hinge, junction, knot, link, meeting, nexus, node, point, seam, splice, suture, swivel, tie, union, conjuncture, copula, coupling, hyphen, impingement, interconnection, tangency, vinculum |
| Main Entry: | junction/juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | link, connection |
| Synonyms: | alliance, annexation, articulation, assemblage, attachment, bond, coalition, coherence, combination, combine, concatenation, concourse, confluence, consolidation, convergence, crossing, crossroads, dovetail, elbow, gathering, gore, hinge, intersection, joint, knee, linking, meeting, node, pivot, reunion, seam, splice, terminal, union, weld, collocation, concursion, conjugation, coupling, hookup, interface, joining, miter, mortise, plug-in, tie-in, tie-up |
| Main Entry: | articulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | connect |
| Synonyms: | couple, hinge, integrate, join, link, concatenate, fit together |
| Antonyms: | disconnect |
| Main Entry: | articulation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | connection |
| Synonyms: | hinge, joint, junction, juncture, unification, union, coupling, joining |
| Antonyms: | disconnection |
| Main Entry: | key |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | answer, solution |
| Synonyms: | blueprint, brand, cipher, clue, code, core, crux, cue, earmark, explanation, guide, hinge, index, indicator, interpretation, lead, lever, marker, means, nexus, nucleus, passport, password, pivot, pointer, root, sign, symptom, ticket, translation, fulcrum |
| Antonyms: | question |
| Main Entry: | hang |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | depend on future action |
| Synonyms: | await, cling, hinge, pend, rest, turn on, be conditional upon, be contingent on, be dependent on, be determined by, be in limbo, be in suspense |
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