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strait

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of strait

1 a narrow body of water between two land masses

as the ship headed east through the Strait of Gibraltar, Spain was on our left and Africa on our right

Synonyms of strait

channel, narrows, neck, sound

Words Related to strait

arm, bay, gulf, inlet

roads, roadstead

2 often straits plural a state of great suffering of body or mind

in great straits over the loss of her mother's cherished necklace

Synonyms of strait

affliction, agony, anguish, distress, excruciation, hurt, misery, pain, rack, torment, torture, travail, tribulation, woe

Words Related to strait

cross, crucible, trial

heartache, heartbreak, joylessness, sadness, sorrow, unhappiness

emergency, pinch

asperity, difficulty, hardship, rigor

ache, pang, smarting, soreness, stitch, throe, twinge

danger, jeopardy, trouble

Near Antonyms of strait

comfort, consolation, solace

alleviation, assuagement, ease, relief

peace, security

Synonym Discussion of strait

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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