Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun critical_point

1 sense of critical point

Sense 1
juncture, critical point, crossroads -- (a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made; "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point")
       => crisis -- (an unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis")