corner | Definition of corner

Synonyms and Antonyms of corner

1 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape

the writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show

Synonyms of corner

bind, box, catch-22, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jackpot [chiefly West], jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, rabbit hole, rattrap, spot, sticky wicket, swamp

Words Related to corner

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait

Phrases Synonymous with corner

2 a place where roads meet

we'll meet at the corner tomorrow

Synonyms of corner

carrefour, crossing, crossroad, crossway(s), intersection, junction

Words Related to corner

cloverleaf, interchange, overpass, underpass

circle, rotary, roundabout [British], traffic circle

3 a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs

the president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on drugs

Synonyms of corner

climacteric, climax, landmark, milepost, milestone, turning point, watershed

Words Related to corner

break, capper, clincher, crusher, highlight, topper

conversion, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, turnabout, turnaround

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, zero hour