Synonyms of crunches

crunches 1 of 2

noun

plural of crunch

1

as in shortages

a falling short of an essential or desirable amount or number

a severe energy crunch that resulted in long lines at the gas pumps

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shortages
• lacks
• deficiencies
• deficits
• droughts
• absences
• famines
• wants
• pinches
• inadequacies
• scarcities
• insufficiencies
• failures
• lacunae
• lacunas
• drouths
• poverties
• undersupplies
• dearths
• paucities
• omissions
• needs
• necessities
• privations

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• amplitudes
• sufficiencies
• adequacies
• abundances
• wealths
• plenties
• surpluses
• excesses
• plenitudes
• oversupplies
• opulences
• surfeits
• overabundances

2

as in crises

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

a player who's always good in a crunch, like when we need a goal to win the soccer match

Synonyms & Similar Words

• crises
• crossroads
• heads
• emergencies
• extremities
• situations
• boiling points
• flash points
• crunch times
• clutches
• exigencies
• breaking points
• possibilities
• conjunctures
• zero hours
• points of no return
• junctures
• Dunkirks
• moments of truth
• milestones
• predicaments
• tinderboxes
• climaxes
• contingencies
• turning points
• conditions
• scrapes
• pinches
• corners
• jams
• passes
• fixes
• landmarks
• straits
• happenings
• spots
• impasses
• stalemates
• deadlocks
• holes
• last minutes
• hot waters
• last ditches
• eleventh hours

crunches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of crunch

as in scrapes

to press or strike against or together so as to make a scraping sound

I could hear the bicycle gears crunch as I shifted the derailleur

Synonyms & Similar Words

• scrapes
• grits
• scratches
• grinds
• groans
• creaks
• scrunches
• moans
• gnashes
• whines
• grates
• clashes
• collides
• jars
• rasps
• jangles