Climacteric
Climacteric noun - A point in a chain of events at which an important change (as in one's fortunes) occurs.
Usage example: historians attempting to pinpoint the Roman Empire's climacteric, that precise moment when it began its long downhill slide
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Synonyms for Climacteric
Emergency and climacteric are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Emergency" instead a noun "Climacteric".
Emergency
Emergency noun - A time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action.
Climacteric and emergency are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Climacteric" instead a noun "Emergency".
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Related pairs
- extremity and climacteric
- extremity and emergency
- pinch and climacteric
- pinch and emergency
- climax and climacteric
- climax and emergency
- pass and climacteric
- pass and emergency
- crunch and climacteric
- crunch and emergency
- crux and climacteric
- crux and emergency
- contingency and climacteric
- contingency and emergency
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Emergency or Climacteric. 2016. Accessed July 28, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/climacteric/emergency.
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