Synonyms for Pivotal:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • pivotal.
  •cardinal (adjective)
  • fundamental,
  • basal,
  • leading,
  • highest,
  • greatest,
  • basic,
  • preeminent,
  • constitutive.
  •causative (adjective)
  • formative,
  • executive,
  • causal,
  • responsible,
  • effective,
  • germinal,
  • influential,
  • motivational,
  • causative,
  • generative.
  •central (adjective)
  • median,
  • mid,
  • mid-way,
  • middlemost,
  • core,
  • nuclear,
  • interior,
  • center,
  • centroidal,
  • out-standing,
  • intermediate,
  • midway,
  • dominant,
  • Omphalic,
  • middle,
  • master,
  • halfway,
  • equidistant,
  • umbilical,
  • inner,
  • axial,
  • centric,
  • midmost,
  • innermost,
  • inmost,
  • mean,
  • outstanding.
  •critical (adjective)
  • climacteric,
  • precarious,
  • high-priority,
  • risky,
  • deciding,
  • dangerous,
  • integral,
  • acute,
  • determinative,
  • conclusive,
  • grave,
  • Exceptive,
  • strategic,
  • consequential,
  • hazardous,
  • perilous,
  • desperate,
  • dire.
  •crucial (adjective)
  • necessary,
  • compelling,
  • clamorous,
  • showdown,
  • searching,
  • insistent,
  • touchy.
  •important (adjective)
  • heavyweight,
  • distinguished,
  • big-name,
  • world-shaking,
  • high-powered,
  • earthshaking,
  • big-wig,
  • eminent.
  •life-and-death (adjective)
  • of vital importance,
  • life or death,
  • life and death,
  • earth-shaking,
  • vitally important,
  • earthshattering.
  •middle (adjective)
  • half,
  • centralized,
  • mezzo,
  • medial,
  • middling,
  • geocentric,
  • mediocre,
  • Bisecting,
  • middle-of-the-road,
  • half-and-half,
  • average,
  • medium.
  •momentous (adjective)
  • heavy,
  • eventful,
  • epochal,
  • memorable,
  • historic,
  • fateful,
  • of moment.
  •overriding (adjective)
  • number one,
  • prevailing,
  • final.
  •prepotent (adjective)
  • pre-potent,
  • pre potent.
  •ruling (adjective)
  • regnant,
  • controlling,
  • upper,
  • commanding,
  • reigning,
  • sovereign.

• n.

  •
  • gantry,
  • framework,
  • buttress,
  • stanchion,
  • frame,
  • rafter,
  • support,
  • scaffold,
  • foundation,
  • joist.

• Other synonyms:

  •Other relevant words:
  • opposite,
  • diametrical,
  • arctic,
  • decisive,
  • etiological,
  • emergent,
  • high,
  • most important,
  • requisite,
  • gelid,
  • icy,
  • compulsory,
  • crying,
  • needed,
  • centermost,
  • frigid,
  • freezing,
  • precedent-setting,
  • high pressure,
  • mandatory,
  • essential,
  • concentrated,
  • Overruling,
  • effectual,
  • climactic,
  • critical moment,
  • life-or-death,
  • fraught,
  • determining,
  • ominous,
  • critic,
  • loaded,
  • landmark,
  • originative,
  • required,
  • charged,
  • glacial,
  • laden,
  • centrosymmetric,
  • pregnant,
  • portentous,
  • imperious,
  • instant,
  • Institutive,
  • occasional,
  • capital,
  • profound.

Paraphrases for Pivotal:

• Equivalence

  • Adjective
    important, essential.
  • Proper noun, singular
    essential.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    significant, principal, center, definitive.

• Other Related

  • Adjective
    central, fundamental, decisive, instrumental, focal, preponderant, seminal, determinant, indispensable, major, paramount, primordial, landmark, overarching, overriding, imperative, integral, determinative, substantial, foundational, influential, primary, prominent, momentous, all-important, defining, Tipping, watershed, conclusive, hinge, predominant, cardinal, pre-eminent, capital, dominant, centralised, centralized, importance, mission-critical, make-or-break, leading.

Antonyms for Pivotal:

• adj.

  • cardinal
    minor, negligible, inessential, secondary, insignificant.
  • central
    outside, peripheral, exterior.
  • critical
    uncritical, trivial.
  • key
    nonessential.
  • momentous
    trifling, immaterial.
  • overriding
    least.
  • pivotal
    unimportant, unsubstantial, inconsequential.
  • ruling
    submissive, yielding, inferior, subjective.
  • Other antonyms:
    noncrucial.