turning point

turning point

noun

Definition of TURNING POINT

: a point at which a significant change occurs

Examples of TURNING POINT

1. Winning that game was the turning point of the team's season.
2. That job was a major turning point in her career.

First Known Use of TURNING POINT

1817

Related to TURNING POINT

Synonyms: climacteric, climax, corner, landmark, milepost, milestone, watershed

Related Words: break, capper, clincher, crusher, highlight, topper; conversion, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, turnabout, turnaround; boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, zero hour

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Rhymes with TURNING POINT

at gunpoint, at knifepoint, basis point, boiling point, breaking point, brownie point, cardinal point, counterpoint, Curie point, disappoint, extra point, floating-point, focal point, freezing point, growing point, ideal point, knuckle joint, melting point, miter joint, needlepoint, out of joint, pedal point, petit point, point-to-point, pressure point, rabbet joint, selling point, silverpoint, sticking point, strain a point, stretch a point, talking point, to the point, trigger point, triple point, vantage point, vowel point