What is another word for juncture?
297 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ d͡ʒˈʌŋkt͡ʃə], [ dʒˈʌŋktʃə], [ dʒ_ˈʌ_ŋ_k_tʃ_ə]
Juncture basically refers to a critical and significant time when decisive action is required. Some of its synonyms include a critical point, a crucial moment, a pivotal point, a turning point, or a decisive moment. Other synonyms include a crossroad, a crisis point, a climactic point, a tipping point, a flashpoint, or a breaking point. All these synonyms can be used interchangeably depending on the context of use. These synonyms mostly imply that a particular situation requires immediate attention and action since the consequences of not acting are dire. As such, one should always be ready to identify a juncture and act decisively for a favorable outcome.
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Similar words for juncture:
- a critical juncture (noun)
- articulation (noun)
- circumstance (noun)
- climacteric (noun)
- condition (noun)
- connection (noun)
- contingency (noun)
- crisis (noun)
- critical point (noun)
- crossroads (noun)
- emergency (noun)
- event (noun)
- exigency/exigence (noun)
- hinge (noun)
- hot spot (noun)
- instant (noun)
- join (noun)
- junction (noun)
- moment (noun)
- occurrence (noun)
- pinch (noun)
- point (noun)
- predicament (noun)
- stage (noun)
- time (noun)
- turning point (noun)
- union (noun)
- zero hour (noun)
Synonyms for Juncture:
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- instalment ,
- the middle .
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- connect .
- basis ,
- cardinal point ,
- condition ,
- episode ,
- happening ,
- incidence ,
- landmark ,
- milestone ,
- occasion ,
- situation ,
- status .
- dis tress ,
- dis tresses ,
- dis-tress ,
- dis-tresses ,
- mis adventure ,
- mis adventures ,
- mis-adventure ,
- mis-adventures .
- join .
- abutment ,
- adherence ,
- adjacency ,
- affiliation ,
- affixation ,
- alliance ,
- amalgamation ,
- annexation ,
- attachment ,
- bond ,
- branch ,
- conjunction ,
- connectedness ,
- consolidation ,
- coupling ,
- jointure ,
- juxtaposition ,
- marriage ,
- meeting ,
- merger ,
- relationship ,
- splice ,
- synergy ,
- wedding .
- hang up ,
- hangup ,
- hot spot ,
- large order ,
- pinch ,
- predicament ,
- predicaments ,
- rough go ,
- soup ,
- soups ,
- tall order ticklish spot tight situation trouble .
Other synonyms:
- low point ,
- opportunity .
- step .
- mark .
- climacteric ,
- gradation ,
- lowlights ,
- midpoint ,
- prong ,
- seam ,
- state ,
- way station ,
- zero hour .
- level .
- exigency .
- middle .
- stage .
Other relevant words:
- Centuries ,
- Chronologies ,
- Coadunation ,
- Critical Period ,
- Critical Periods ,
- Exigencies ,
- Melding ,
- SECS ,
- Symbioses ,
- agglutination ,
- appointed hour ,
- ball-and-socket ,
- bat of the eye ,
- breathings ,
- chronology ,
- circumstance ,
- coming together ,
- conjuncture ,
- conjunctures ,
- connection ,
- contingency ,
- crisis point ,
- critical moment ,
- critical moments ,
- criticalness ,
- crucial moment ,
- crucial occurrence ,
- crucial period ,
- date ,
- decisive moment ,
- demandingness ,
- era ,
- event ,
- gusset ,
- gussets ,
- high noon ,
- hour ,
- hours ,
- imperativeness ,
- imperatives ,
- instant ,
- jumping-off point ,
- kairotic moment ,
- lastingness ,
- many a moon ,
- marvel ,
- meltdown ,
- meltdowns ,
- moment ,
- month ,
- months ,
- needfulness ,
- no time ,
- nothing flat ,
- occurrence ,
- peripeteia ,
- pivotal moment ,
- point in time ,
- pre-requisite ,
- pre-requisites ,
- prerequisites ,
- pressingness ,
- race against time ,
- requirement ,
- requirements ,
- rising action ,
- rung ,
- season ,
- sec ,
- segue ,
- short while ,
- start time ,
- state of affairs ,
- stitchings ,
- symbiosis ,
- system date ,
- target day ,
- the time ,
- three winks ,
- transition ,
- trice ,
- turn of the tide ,
- turn the tide ,
- union ,
- very minute ,
- vicissitude ,
- vital moment ,
- week ,
- weeks ,
- when push comes to shove ,
- wonts ,
- year ,
- years .
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How to use "Juncture" in context?
The junction is a moment in time which is defined by the point at which two or more paths or roads meet. It is often the point at which people must decide which path to follow. In the context of writing, junctures can be the places where ideas meet, where sentences meet, and where stories meet. They can also be the points at which change or progression occurs. They are the places where the path forward becomes clear, or where the past intersects the present.
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
crossroads.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Reverse Entailment
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Noun, singular or mass
conjuncture.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
circumstance, crossroad, hour, intersection, junction, milestone, moment, occasion, opportunity, point, stage, time, timing, turning-point.
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Noun, singular or mass
Hyponym for Juncture:
n.
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event
natural event, occurrence, happening, Occurrent.
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event
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