crunch time | Definition of crunch time

Synonyms and Antonyms of crunch time

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

with only three minutes left in the game, it was definitely crunch time

Synonyms of crunch time

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

Words Related to crunch time

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with crunch time

moment of truth, point of no return