| 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: | appointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | arrangement for meeting; prearranged meeting |
Synonyms: |
assignation, assignment, blind date, consultation, date, engagement, errand, gig, interview, invitation, meet, rendezvous, session, tryst, zero hour |
| 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 |
| 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: | deadline |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | due date |
Synonyms: |
bound, cutoff, limit, period, target date, time frame, time limit, zero hour |
| 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, meltdown, misadventure, necessity, pass, pinch*, plight, predicament, pressure, push, quandary, scrape, squeeze, strait, tension, turning point, urgency, vicissitude, zero hour |
Antonyms: |
calm, peace |
| Main Entry: | exigency/exigence |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | difficulty; demand |
Synonyms: |
acuteness, constraint, contingency, crisis, criticalness, crossroad, demandingness, dilemma, distress, duress, emergency, extremity, fix, hardship, imperativeness, jam, juncture, necessity, need, needfulness, pass, pickle, pinch, plight, predicament, pressingness, pressure, quandary, requirement, scrape*, stress, turning point*, urgency, vicissitude, want, wont, zero hour |
Antonyms: |
ease, easiness, ordinariness |
| 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: | juncture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | turning point |
Synonyms: |
choice, circumstance, condition, contingency, crisis, crossroad, crux, emergency, exigency, instant, meeting point, moment, occasion, pass, pinch, plight, point, position, posture, predicament, quandary, state, status, strait, time, zero hour |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | predicament |
Synonyms: |
condition, contingency, crisis, crossroads, emergency, exigency, juncture, pinch, plight, situation, stage, state, strait, turning point*, zero hour |