Turning Point Synonyms

A decisive point
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. crisis
  2. climax
  3. juncture
  4. zero hour
  5. peak
  6. climacteric
  7. crossroad
  8. critical juncture
  9. exigence
  10. critical mass
  11. critical-point
  12. crossroads
  13. exigency
  14. decisive moment
  15. crucial moment
  16. landmark
  17. corner
  18. culmination
  19. crucial period
  20. crunch
  21. head
  22. cusp
  23. defining-moment
  24. emergency
  25. high-noon
  26. hinge
  27. kairotic moment
  28. rubicon
  29. pass
  30. moment-of-truth
  31. nexus
  32. peripeteia
  33. pivotal moment
  34. point-of-no-return
  35. race-against-time
  36. rising-action
  37. turn of the tide
  38. when-push-comes-to-shove
  39. street corner
  40. watershed

Words Related to Turning Point

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. decide
  2. Qwizdom
  3. SchoolVue
  4. InterWrite
  5. high-point
  6. step-forward

Turning Point Sentence Examples

  • The wreck of Xerxes expedition is the turning-point in the history of the Persian Empire.

  • The battle was the turning-point of the age, and with it the succession of the new Chaldean or Babylonian kingdom was assured.

  • The real turning-point had been reached earlier, when Christianity became the state religion under Constantine I.

  • The turning-point is marked by the legislation of Lycurgus, who effected the unification of the state and instituted that training which was its distinguishing feature and the source of its greatness.

  • This was the turning-point of the rebellion; within a few days the council had collected a considerable army, which marched through Essex scattering such rebel bands as still held together.

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