| Main Entry: |
crisis |
| Part of Speech: |
noun |
| Definition: |
critical situation |
Synonyms: |
big trouble,
catastrophe,
change, climacteric,
climax,
confrontation,
contingency,
corner, crossroad, crunch,
crux,
culmination, deadlock,
dilemma, dire straits,
disaster,
embarrassment,
emergency, entanglement,
exigency, extremity,
height, hot potato, hour of decision, imbroglio,
impasse,
juncture,
mess, moment of truth,
necessity,
pass, perplexity, pickle,
pinch*,
plight, point of no return,
predicament,
pressure,
puzzle,
quandary,
situation, stew, strait,
trauma,
trial,
trouble,
turning point,
urgency
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Antonyms: |
calm, peace
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