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| 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: | 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: | climax |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | peak, culmination |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, ascendancy, crest, extremity, head, height, highlight, limit, maximum, meridian, ne plus ultra, orgasm, payoff*, pinnacle, pitch, summit, tiptop, top, turning point, utmost, zenith, capsheaf, capstone, climacteric, crowning point, high spot, intensification |
| Antonyms: | anticlimax, cliffhanger |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | critical mass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial point |
| Synonyms: | climax, crisis, critical point, crossroads*, crossroads, crunch time, defining moment, emergency, high noon*, high noon, moment of truth, point of no return, turning point, zero hour, crisis point, critical juncture, critical stage, crucial moment, decisive moment, do or die time, irreversible momentum, pivotal point, sink or swim time, the Rubicon |
* = 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: | flash point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial moment |
| Synonyms: | breaking point, crisis, moment of truth, turning point, zero hour, critical moment, hour of decision |
| Main Entry: | milestone |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | achievement |
| Synonyms: | anniversary, breakthrough, discovery, event, landmark, occasion, turning point, milepost, waypost |
| 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: | transition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | change, often major |
| Synonyms: | alteration, changeover, conversion, development, evolution, flux, growth, metamorphosis, passage, passing, progress, progression, shift, transformation, transit, transmutation, turn, turning point, upheaval, metastasis, realignment |
| Antonyms: | beginning, conclusion, end, finish, introduction, sameness, stagnation, start |
| 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: | critical point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial moment |
| Synonyms: | climax, crisis, critical mass, crunch, defining moment, moment of truth, nexus, pivot, point of no return, turning point, climacteric, critical juncture, critical stage, crucial point, pivotal point |
| Main Entry: | defining moment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very crucial moment |
| Synonyms: | climax, crunch, moment of truth, point of no return, turning point, critical moment, decisive moment, kairos, kairotic moment, loaded moment |
| 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: | moment of truth |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical moment |
| Synonyms: | climax, crunch, defining moment, turning point, charged moment, crucial moment, decisive moment, fated moment, fateful moment, kairos, kairotic moment, pregnant moment, when push comes to shove |
| Main Entry: | point of no return |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crucial moment |
| Synonyms: | climax, crossroads, crunch, defining moment, moment of truth, turning point, Rubicon, decisive moment, match point, terminus, when push comes to shove |
| Main Entry: | strait |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | crisis, difficulty |
| Synonyms: | bewilderment, bind, bottleneck*, contingency, crossroad, dilemma, distress, embarrassment, emergency, exigency, extremity, hardship, hole*, mess*, pass, pinch*, plight, predicament, rigor, squeeze*, turning point*, vicissitude, zero hour*, choke point, mystification, perplexity |
| Antonyms: | advantage, solution, success |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rally |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turn for the better |
| Synonyms: | comeback, improvement, recovery, renewal, resurgence, revival, turning point, recuperation |
| Antonyms: | remission, regression, weakening |
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