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Synonyms for turning point

  • noun

Most common

water-shed crossroads corner street corner land mark crisis milestone inflection point

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Crossroads — A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made

water-shed, crossroads

2. Corner

corner, street corner

Other

land mark, crisis, milestone, inflection point

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A decisive point at which a significant change or historical event occurs, or at which a decision must be made.

  2. n. 2

    A maximum or minimum on a graph.

Example sentences

  • crossroads He arrived at an important crossroads in his life.
  • corner I caught a glimpse of him as he turned the corner.
  • crisis There will be an energy crisis in the near future.

By length

6 letters
corner2, crisis2
9 letters
milestone2
10 letters
crossroads2

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (corner2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
tournant
Español
curva
Deutsch
Wendepunkt