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juncture - 20 thesaurus results
| 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: | juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning point |
| Synonyms: | choice, circumstance, condition, contingency, crisis, crossroad, crux, emergency, exigency, instant, moment, occasion, pass, pinch, plight, point, position, posture, predicament, quandary, state, status, strait, time, zero hour*, meeting point |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | circumstance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | situation, condition |
| Synonyms: | Moira, accident, action, adjunct, affair, article, case, cause, coincidence, concern, contingency, crisis, destiny, detail, doom, element, episode, event, exigency, fact, factor, fate, feature, fortuity, go, happening, happenstance, incident, intervention, item, juncture, kismet, lot, matter, occasion, occurrence, particular, phase, place, point, portion, proviso, respect, scene, status, stipulation, supervention, thing, time, where it's at |
| Main Entry: | contingency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | chance happening; possibility |
| Synonyms: | accident, break, chance, crisis, crossroads, emergency, event, eventuality, exigency, fortuity, happening, if it's cool, incident, juncture, likelihood, occasion, odds, opportunity, pass, pinch, predicament, probability, strait, turning point, uncertainty, zero hour* |
| Antonyms: | certainty, definiteness, reality, surety, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | crisis |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical situation |
| Synonyms: | catastrophe, change, climax, confrontation, contingency, corner, crossroad, crunch*, crux, culmination, deadlock, dilemma, dire straits, disaster, embarrassment, emergency, entanglement, exigency, extremity, height, imbroglio, impasse, juncture, mess, moment of truth*, necessity, pass, pickle*, pinch*, plight, point of no return*, predicament, pressure, puzzle, quandary, situation, stew, strait, trauma, trial, trouble, turning point, urgency, big trouble, climacteric, hot potato, hour of decision, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | emergency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crisis, danger |
| Synonyms: | accident, climax, clutch*, compulsion, crossroad, crunch*, depression, difficulty, distress, exigency, extremity, fix, hole, impasse, juncture, misadventure, necessity, pass, pinch*, plight, predicament, pressure, push, quandary, scrape, squeeze, strait, tension, turning point, urgency, vicissitude, zero hour*, meltdown |
| Antonyms: | calm, peace |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exigency/exigence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; demand |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, crossroad, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, jam, juncture, necessity, need, pass, pickle*, pinch, plight, predicament, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape*, stress, turning point*, urgency, vicissitude, want, wont, zero hour*, criticalness, demandingness, imperativeness, needfulness, pressingness |
| Antonyms: | ease, easiness, ordinariness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | instant |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment |
| Synonyms: | breath, crack, flash, jiffy*, juncture, minute, occasion, point, second, shake*, split second*, tick, time, twinkling*, while, wink*, bat of the eye, nothing flat, sec, short while, trice |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | occurrence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | happening, development |
| Synonyms: | accident, adventure, affair, appearance, circumstance, condition, contingency, emergency, episode, event, exigency, existence, incidence, incident, instance, juncture, manifestation, occasion, pass, piece, proceeding, routine, scene, situation, state, thing*, transaction, materialization, transpiration |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | opportunity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lucky chance; favorable circumstances |
| Synonyms: | befalling, break*, connection, contingency, convenience, cut*, event, excuse, fair shake*, fighting chance*, fitness, fling*, fortuity, freedom, go*, good fortune, good luck, happening, hope, hour, iron in the fire, juncture, leisure, liberty, moment, occasion, one's move, one's say, one's turn, opening, pass, prayer*, probability, relief, room, run, scope, shot*, show, space, spell, squeak, stab, the hunt, the running, time, turn, whack* |
| Antonyms: | bad luck, misfortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | phase |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period in life of something |
| Synonyms: | appearance, aspect, chapter, condition, development, facet, juncture, point, position, posture, stage, state, step, time |
| Main Entry: | predicament |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficult situation |
| Synonyms: | Catch-22*, asperity, bad news*, bind*, circumstance, clutch, condition, corner*, crisis, deadlock, dilemma, drag*, emergency, exigency, fix*, hang-up*, hardship, hole, hot water, imbroglio, impasse, jam*, juncture, lot, mess*, muddle, pass, pickle*, pinch, plight, position, posture, puzzle, quagmire, quandary, rigor, scrape*, spot*, state*, strait, vicissitude, deep water, large order, perplexity, rough go, soup*, tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble* |
| Antonyms: | fix, solution, good fortune |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | seam |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | line where two objects are connected |
| Synonyms: | bond, closure, connection, gore, hem, joint, junction, juncture, pleat, suture, tuck, union, coupling, gusset, stitching |
| Main Entry: | season |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time of year governed by annual equinoxes |
| Synonyms: | autumn, division, fall, interval, juncture, occasion, opportunity, period, spell, spring, summer, term, time, while, winter |
| 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: | zero hour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment of truth |
| Synonyms: | climax, contingency, countdown, crisis, crossroad, crossroads, crunch time, deadline, emergency, exigency, juncture, moment of truth*, pinch, strait, target, turning point*, turning point, A-day, D-day, D-day, H-hour, appointed hour, appointed hour, crisis point, jumping-off point, pivotal moment, start time, target day, the time, vital moment |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | exigency |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty |
| Synonyms: | acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, crossroad, demand, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, jam, juncture, necessity, need, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape, stress, turning point, urgency, vicissitude, want, wont, zero hour, criticalness, demandingness, exigence, imperativeness, needfulness, pressingness |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | date |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | point in time; particular day or time |
| Synonyms: | age, century, course, day, duration, epoch, era, generation, juncture, moment, period, quarter, reign, span, spell, stage, term, time, while, hour, year |
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