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

This earnings season could be a make-or-break moment for Wells Fargo.

— Morgan Chittum, CNBC, 13 July 2026
When machines need to communicate with each other at near instantaneous speeds, the network becomes the make-or-break factor.

— Ivo Ivanov, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of make-or-break

Adjective

Eight years later, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon — a remarkable achievement that was the climactic moment of the Cold War space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 4 July 2026
Courtesy of Netflix ©2026 Henry Cavill reprises his role as Sherlock for about six total minutes of screentime (including his very clearly CGI-ed presence at Enola’s climactic wedding).

— Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026

Definition of climactic

Adjective

Both are well in the hunt for the World Cup’s Golden Boot award, having scored crucial winning goals for their countries almost every step of the way.

— Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 11 July 2026
The pieces of it that Weiden shares with us, including a passage about Native athletes’ crucial role in the early history of the sport of football, are eye-opening.

— Chris Hewitt, Boston Herald, 10 July 2026

Definition of crucial

Adjective

Pedro Pascal has carried galaxies and post-apocalyptic wastelands on his back.

— Sophie Miller, Rolling Stone, 14 July 2026
The trailer revealed that Season 3 will have a split timeline between present-day Juliette and post-apocalyptic life before the silos were formed.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 13 July 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

Adjective

Tensions are flaring over the critical Strait of Hormuz, pushing the two sides back towards all-out war.

— Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
The most critical one came in the 21st minute with France’s Lucas Digne committed a foul on Yamal in the box.

— Steven Johnson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 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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