Synonyms of watershed

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noun

as in milestone

a point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs

a watershed moment in her life came when she inherited a reasonable sum of money and was able to start her own coffee shop

Synonyms & Similar Words

• milestone
• climax
• landmark
• corner
• highlight
• milepost
• crisis
• climacteric
• transformation
• turning point
• juncture
• emergency
• metamorphosis
• clincher
• turnaround
• turnabout
• transfiguration
• conversion
• crusher
• capper
• break
• topper
• extremity
• conjuncture
• flash point
• boiling point
• zero hour
• exigency
• crunch time
• breaking point
• clutch
• crunch
• crossroad(s)
• Dunkirk
• head

watershed

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adjective

as in pivotal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pivotal
• epochal
• payoff
• momentous
• decisive
• earthshaking
• cataclysmic
• critical
• crucial
• deciding
• crossover
• cataclysmal
• vital
• make-or-break
• climactic
• crestal
• culminating
• apical
• meridian
• fateful
• life-or-death
• apocalyptic
• crowning
• life-and-death
• go-no-go
• highest
• apocalyptical
• climacteric
• apogean
• high

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• trivial
• unimportant
• insignificant
• inconsequential
• anticlimactic
• anticlimactical
• noncritical
• indecisive

• trivial
• unimportant
• insignificant
• inconsequential
• anticlimactic
• anticlimactical
• noncritical
• indecisive

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