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corner

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of corner

1 a difficult, puzzling, or embarrassing situation from which there is no easy escape
  • The writers have gotten themselves into a corner on that TV show.
Synonyms of corner

bind, catch-22, dilemma, fix, hole, impasse, jam, mire, pickle, predicament, quagmire, spot
Words Related to corner

difficulty, node

hot water, soup

pinch, plight, quandary, scrape, trouble

deadlock, halt, logjam, stalemate, standstill

clutch, crisis, crossroad, emergency, exigency, juncture, strait
Phrases Synonymous with corner

kettle of fish
2 a place where roads meet
  • We'll meet at the corner tomorrow.
Synonyms of corner

crossing, crossroad, crossway(s), intersection, junction
Words Related to corner

cloverleaf, interchange, overpass, underpass

circle, rotary, traffic circle
3 a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs
  • The president believes that we have turned a corner in the war on the disease.
Synonyms of corner

climax, landmark, milepost, milestone, turning point, watershed
Words Related to corner

break, capper, clincher, crusher, highlight, topper

conversion, metamorphosis, transfiguration, transformation, turnabout, turnaround

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, emergency, head, juncture, zero hour

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