Synonyms of boiling point

boiling point

noun

as in crisis

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

when the situation reached the boiling point, the President had no choice but to order out the National Guard

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crisis
• crossroad(s)
• breaking point
• head
• flash point
• point of no return
• crunch time
• emergency
• moment of truth
• situation
• zero hour
• extremity
• turning point
• crunch
• clutch
• Dunkirk
• juncture
• exigency
• conjuncture
• tinderbox
• possibility
• milestone
• predicament
• hot water
• climax
• contingency
• condition
• happening
• corner
• last ditch
• pass
• landmark
• last minute
• eleventh hour
• strait
• deadlock
• impasse
• spot
• jam
• fix
• pinch
• stalemate
• hole
• scrape

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boiling point

An inning later, things reached a boiling point with the bases loaded. — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Aug. 2026

As QAnon conspiracy theories took hold with people from around the world and tensions around policies to prevent the spread of Covid reached a boiling point, this previously unknown woman became the unlikely answer some in Canada were searching for. — Zander Sherman, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2026

Kimmie, played by Taylor Polidore Williams, finally levels the playing field with the Bellaire family just as tensions rise to another boiling point. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 28 July 2026

Temperatures don’t need to hit boiling point for productivity losses to start showing. — Oliver Balch, Fortune, 27 July 2026