juncture | Definition of juncture

Synonyms and Antonyms of juncture

1 a particular and often important moment in time

at the present juncture, I think the country is looking for a strong president

Synonyms of juncture

Words Related to juncture

beat, crack, flash, heartbeat, instant, jiffy, minute, moment, nanosecond, second, shake, split second, tick, trice, twinkle, wink

bit, spell, stretch, while

brink, cusp, nick, threshold, verge

crisis, crunch time, wire

Phrases Synonymous with juncture

moment of truth

2 a place where two or more things are united

the water is leaking at the juncture of those two pipes

Synonyms of juncture

connection, coupling, join, joining, joint, jointure, junction

Words Related to juncture

link, nexus, tie

interconnection, intersection

abutment, articulation, attachment

concourse, confluence, meeting

Near Antonyms of juncture

cleft, crack, crevice, fissure, gap, rift, separation

3 a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

we have now arrived at a juncture where something must be done to avert war

Synonyms of juncture

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

Words Related to juncture

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 juncture

moment of truth, point of no return