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

2 senses of straits

Sense 1
pass, strait, straits -- (a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs)
       => situation -- (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple")

Sense 2
pass, head, straits -- (a difficult juncture; "a pretty pass"; "matters came to a head yesterday")
       => juncture, occasion -- (an event that occurs at a critical time; "at such junctures he always had an impulse to leave"; "it was needed only on special occasions")

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

2 senses of strait

Sense 1
strait, sound -- (a narrow channel of the sea joining two larger bodies of water)
       => channel -- (a deep and relatively narrow body of water (as in a river or a harbor or a strait linking two larger bodies) that allows the best passage for vessels; "the ship went aground in the channel")

Sense 2
pass, strait, straits -- (a bad or difficult situation or state of affairs)
       => situation -- (a complex or critical or unusual difficulty; "the dangerous situation developed suddenly"; "that's quite a situation"; "no human situation is simple")