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emergency

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of emergency

a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

an alert, quick-thinking girl who is good to have around in an emergency

Synonyms of emergency

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crossroad(s), crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour

Words Related to emergency

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute

Phrases Synonymous with emergency

moment of truth, point of no return

Synonym Discussion of emergency

juncture, exigency, emergency, contingency, pinch, strait (or straits) crisis mean a critical or crucial time or state of affairs. juncture stresses the significant concurrence or convergence of events.

- an important juncture in our country's history

exigency stresses the pressure of restrictions or urgency of demands created by a special situation.

- provide for exigencies

emergency applies to a sudden unforeseen situation requiring prompt action to avoid disaster.

- the presence of mind needed to deal with emergencies

contingency implies an emergency or exigency that is regarded as possible but uncertain of occurrence.

- contingency plans

pinch implies urgency or pressure for action to a less intense degree than exigency or emergency.

- come through in a pinch

strait, now commonly straits, applies to a troublesome situation from which escape is extremely difficult.

- in dire straits

crisis applies to a juncture whose outcome will make a decisive difference.

- a crisis of confidence

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