turning point
40 synonyms found
- bench mark
- cardinal point
- chief thing
- climacteric
- climax
- clutch
- contingency
- convergence of events
- critical juncture
- critical point
- crossroads
- crucial period
- crunch
- crux
- culmination
- emergency
- essential matter
- exigency
- fundamental
- gravamen
- great point
- high point
- hinge
- important thing
- keystone
- landmark
- main point
- main thing
- material point
- milestone
- moment of truth
- pivot
- real issue
- salient point
- sine qua non
- strait
- substantive point
- the bottom line
- the point
- zero hour
Definition
(n) :
a decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made; a maximum or minimum on a graph