| 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: | championship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contest for ultimate victor |
Synonyms: |
crown, crowning achievement, elimination, playoffs, showdown, title match, tournament, winner takes all |
| Main Entry: | clash |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | disagreement or fight, often brief |
Synonyms: |
affray, argument, battle, brawl, break, broil, brush, bump, collision, concussion, conflict, confrontation, crash, difference of opinion, discord, discordance, disharmony, dispute, donnybrook, embroilment, encounter, engagement, fracas, fray, have a go at each other, impact, jam, jar, jolt, jump, melee, misunderstanding, mix up, opposition, rift, riot, row, rumpus, run-in, rupture, scrap, scrimmage, set-to, shock, showdown, skirmish, smash, wallop |
| Main Entry: | confrontation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conflict |
Synonyms: |
affray, battle, contest, crisis, dispute, encounter, fight, meeting, set-to, showdown, strife |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | crucial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | critical, important |
Synonyms: |
acute, central, clamorous, climacteric, climatic, compelling, deciding, decisive, desperate, dire, essential, hanging by thread, high-priority, imperative, insistent, momentous, necessary, on thin ice, pivotal, pressing, searching, showdown, touch and go, touchy, urgent, vital |
| Notes: | the words crucial, essential, and vital cannot be qualified (cannot be more or less...) |
Antonyms: |
inessential, trivial, uncritical, unimportant |
| Main Entry: | decision |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conclusion; resolution reached |
Synonyms: |
accommodation, accord, adjudication, adjudicature, adjustment, agreement, arbitration, arrangement, choice, compromise, declaration, determination, end, finding, judgment, opinion, outcome, prearrangement, preference, reconciliation, resolution, result, ruling, selection, sentence, settlement, showdown, the call, the nod, understanding, verdict |
Antonyms: |
deferment, deferral, delay, indecision, postponement |
| Main Entry: | meeting |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | gathering, conference |
Synonyms: |
affair, assemblage, assembly, assignation, audience, bunch, call, cattle call, company, competition, conclave, concourse, concursion, confab, conflict, confrontation, congregation, congress, contest, convention, convocation, date, encounter, engagement, gang, get-together, huddle, introduction, meet, one on one, parley, powwow, rally, rendezvous, reunion, session, showdown, talk, tryst, turnout |
| Main Entry: | session |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meeting, gathering |
Synonyms: |
affair, assembly, concourse, conference, discussion, get-together, hearing, huddle, jam session, meet, period, showdown, sitting, term |
| Main Entry: | settlement |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | decision, conclusion |
Synonyms: |
adjustment, agreement, arrangement, clearance, compact, compensation, completion, conclusion, confirmation, contract, covenant, deal, defrayal, determination, discharge, disposition, establishment, happy medium, liquidation, pay, payment, payoff, quietus, reimbursement, remuneration, resolution, satisfaction, showdown, termination, trade-off, working out |
Antonyms: |
confusion, indecision |
| Main Entry: | Mexican standoff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impasse |
Synonyms: |
collision, cross-purposes, dead heat, deadlock, even money, showdown, standoff, wash |