CRISIS: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for CRISIS?

Need another word that means the same as “crisis”? Find 17 synonyms and 30 related words for “crisis” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Crisis” are: catastrophe, calamity, cataclysm, emergency, disaster, turning point, crossroads, crux, climax, climacteric, culmination, height, head, moment of truth, zero hour, point of no return, rubicon

Crisis as a Noun

Definitions of "Crisis" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “crisis” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• The turning point of a disease when an important change takes place, indicating either recovery or death.
• A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something.
• A time when a difficult or important decision must be made.
• A time of intense difficulty or danger.
• An unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty.

Synonyms of "Crisis" as a noun (17 Words)

calamity	An event resulting in great loss and misfortune. The whole city was affected by the irremediable calamity.
cataclysm	A sudden violent change in the earth’s surface. The cataclysm of the First World War.
catastrophe	Something very unfortunate or unsuccessful. Lack of funds has resulted in a catastrophe for our school system.
climacteric	The time in a woman’s life in which the menstrual cycle ends. Most women do not experience significant psychological problems at the climacteric.
crossroads	A road that crosses a main road or joins two main roads. Donna accelerated seeing a crossroads ahead.
crux	A small conspicuous constellation in the southern hemisphere in the Milky Way near Centaurus. The crux of the matter is that attitudes have changed.
culmination	(astronomy) a heavenly body’s highest celestial point above an observer’s horizon. Their achievements stand as a culmination of centuries of development.
disaster	A state of extreme (usually irremediable) ruin and misfortune. 159 people died in the disaster.
emergency	Arising from or used in an emergency. Personal alarms for use in an emergency.
head	The height or length of a head as a measure. Seventy head of dairy cattle.
height	The distance from head to foot. It would be the height of bad manners not to attend the wedding.
moment of truth	An indefinitely short time.
point of no return	The gun muzzle’s direction.
rubicon	The boundary in ancient times between Italy and Gaul; Caesar’s crossing it with his army in 49 BC was an act of war.
turning point	Turning or twisting around (in place.
zero hour	The point on a scale from which positive or negative numerical quantities can be measured.

Usage Examples of "Crisis" as a noun

• After the crisis the patient either dies or gets better.
• The monarchy was in crisis.
• He goes to pieces in a crisis.
• They went bankrupt during the economic crisis.
• When the crisis came, she does not appear to have hesitated.
• The current economic crisis.
• The situation has reached crisis point.

Associations of "Crisis" (30 Words)

avalanche	Engulf or carry off by an avalanche. An avalanche of mud.
danger	A dangerous place. There was widespread danger of disease.
dangerous	Likely to cause problems or to have adverse consequences. It is dangerous to convict on his evidence.
dicey	Of uncertain outcome; especially fraught with risk. An extremely dicey future on a brave new world of liquid nitrogen tar and smog.
endanger	Pose a threat to; present a danger to. He was driving in a manner likely to endanger life.
firefighter	A member of a fire department who tries to extinguish fires.
flammability	The quality of being easily ignited and burning rapidly.
forewarn	Warn in advance or beforehand; give an early warning. He had been forewarned of a coup plot.
hazard	An obstacle on a golf course. The hazards of childbirth.
hazardous	Risky; dangerous. It is hazardous to personal safety.
hostage	A prisoner who is held by one party to insure that another party will meet specified terms. Three hostages were released but only after their families paid an estimated 200 000 to the guerrillas.
imminence	The state or fact of being about to happen. The populace was largely unaware of the imminence of war.
insecure	Not firm or fixed; liable to give way or break. Badly paid and insecure jobs.
jeopardy	Danger of loss, harm, or failure. The whole peace process is in jeopardy.
landslide	A slide of a large mass of dirt and rock down a mountain or cliff. Businessmen have been buried under a landslide of paperwork.
neurotoxin	Any toxin that affects neural tissues.
parlous	Greatly or excessively. The parlous state of the economy.
peril	A state of danger involving risk. The movement is in peril of dying.
perilous	Fraught with danger. The economy is in a perilous state.
pitfall	A trap in the form of a concealed hole. The pitfalls of buying goods at public auctions.
precarious	Dependent on chance; uncertain. The precarious life of an undersea diver.
rescue	Denoting the emergency excavation of archaeological sites threatened by imminent building or road development. The dramatic rescue of nine trapped coal miners.
risk	Take a risk in the hope of a favorable outcome. The Bank is rigorous when it comes to analysing and evaluating risk.
risky	Risqu. Their risky patter made the guests laugh.
surety	A guarantee that an obligation will be met. The magistrate granted bail with a surety of 500.
threatened	(of flora or fauna) likely in the near future to become endangered. The spotted owl is a threatened species not yet an endangered one.
toxicity	The degree to which something is poisonous. The toxicity of a drug depends on its dosage.
unsafe	Not safe; dangerous. Because the confession was unreliable the verdict was unsafe and unsatisfactory.
venture	Any venturesome undertaking especially one with an uncertain outcome. A joint venture between two aircraft manufacturers.
volatility	Liability to display rapid changes of emotion. A week of historic stock market volatility.