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juncture
noun
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 juncture
2
a place where two or more things are united <the water is leaking at the juncture of those two pipes>
Related Words link, nexus, tie; interconnection, intersection; abutment, articulation, attachment; seam, suture; concourse, confluence, meeting; union
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 boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour
Related Words 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
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