GO-NO-GO Synonyms: 38 Similar and Opposite Words

go-no-go

adjective

Definition of go-no-go

as in make-or-break

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Adjective

Riley, meanwhile, has not seemed like a head coach who’s feeling the heat heading into a make-or-break season at USC.

— Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2026
This season feels make-or-break for the 2023 first-round pick, especially because he may not be used as an every-down player.

— Antwan Staley, New York Daily News, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of make-or-break

Adjective

Things between David and the other characters are awkward and muffled rather than climactic.

— Emma Alpern, Vulture, 7 Sep. 2026
But the band fury is as climactic as anything that could be done continuing to have the full ensemble play… and Dudamel looked happy enough to put his baton down, turn around and just watch the group play for a few minutes.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of climactic

Adjective

That apocalyptic day has been imprinted on your memory since boyhood.

— Ken Frydman, New York Daily News, 7 Sep. 2026
America’s sense of security was smashed with apocalyptic fury Tuesday when the most destructive and meticulously planned terror attack in history shattered two of the country’s most potent symbols.

— Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of apocalyptic

Adjective

Keeping high-ethylene producers away from climacteric fruits can keep them from ripening too quickly.

— Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 July 2025
For this reader, roughly the same age as Sam Raymond, there is uncommon pleasure in the paradoxes of this climacteric tale.

— Claire Messud, Harper's Magazine, 22 June 2021

Definition of climacteric

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And although there were some critical mistakes from Florida transfer quarterback DJ Lagway, the new Baylor QB made big-time throws, showed grit while playing through injury and had the Bears in position to win in the final moments.

— The Athletic College Football Staff, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026
GlobalFoundries and Monarch Quantum will give the company domestic manufacturing partners for two critical parts of its systems.

— Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of critical

Adjective

Within hours, the wound epidermis becomes innervated by nearby nerve fibers, forming what biologists call the apical epidermal cap.

— Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 9 May 2026
Connections made via apical synapses seemed to be strengthened by movement information more than those made via basal synapses.

— Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 17 Apr. 2025

Definition of apical

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