| 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 |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| 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: | crunch |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial point |
Synonyms: |
crisis, critical point, crux, difficulty, emergency, hour of decision, moment of truth, problem, test, trouble, trying time |
Antonyms: |
trivia |
| Main Entry: | flash point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial moment |
Synonyms: |
breaking point, crisis, critical moment, hour of decision, moment of truth, turning point, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | payoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion, climax |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, clincher, consequence, culmination, day of reckoning, final reckoning, finale, judgment, moment of truth, outcome, pay, payment, punch line, result, retribution, reward, settlement, upshot |
Antonyms: |
introduction, start |
| Main Entry: | showdown |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confrontation |
Synonyms: |
breaking point, clash, climax, crisis, culmination, exposé, moment of truth, unfolding |
Antonyms: |
agreement, peacemaking |
| 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: | zero hour |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | moment of truth |
Synonyms: |
A-day, D-day, D-day, H-hour, appointed hour, appointed hour, climax, contingency, countdown, crisis, crisis point, crossroad, crossroads, crunch time, deadline, emergency, exigency, jumping-off point, juncture, moment of truth, pinch, pivotal moment, start time, strait, target, target day, the time, turning point, turning point*, vital moment |
| Main Entry: | critical point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial moment |
Synonyms: |
climacteric, climax, crisis, critical juncture, critical mass, critical stage, crucial point, crunch, defining moment, moment of truth, nexus, pivot, pivotal point, point of no return, turning point |
| 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 |