Synonyms for water-shed
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Water basin — A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a…
water basin, drainage area, drainage basin, river basin, catchment basin, basin, catchment area, catchment
2. Water parting — the topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest
3. Turning point — A critical point marking a change in course or development
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
The topographical boundary dividing two adjacent catchment basins, such as a ridge or a crest.
- n. 2
A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.
- n. 3
A critical point marking a change in course or development.
watershed moment — watershed event — watershed ruling
Related words
- Other spellings
- watershed
Forms
- Plural
- water-sheds → basins, catchments, divides, climacterics…
By length
- 5 letters
- basin2
- 6 letters
- divide2
- 9 letters
- catchment2
- 10 letters
- crossroads2
- 11 letters
- climacteric
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (basin2 = 2 syllables).