An event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend.
synonyms: landmark, watershed.
Roget 210:
summit,
summity†;
top,
peak,
vertex,
apex,
zenith,
pinnacle,
acme,
culmination,
meridian,
utmost height,
ne plus utra,
height,
pitch,
maximum,
climax,
culminating point,
crowning point,
turning point;
turn of the tide,
fountain head;
water shed,
water parting;
sky,
pole.
tip,
tip top;
crest,
crow's nest,
cap,
truck,
nib;
end
etc.
67;
crown,
brow;
head,
nob†,
noddle†,
pate;
capsheaf†.
high places,
heights.
topgallant mast,
sky scraper;
quarter deck,
hurricane deck.
architrave,
frieze,
cornice,
coping stone,
zoophorus†,
capital,
epistyle†,
sconce,
pediment,
entablature†;
tympanum;
ceiling
etc.
(covering)
223.
attic,
loft,
garret,
house top,
upper story.
[metaphorical use]
summit conference,
summit;
peak of achievement,
peak of performance;
peaks and troughs,
peaks and valleys
(in graphs).
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Roget 233:
limit,
boundary,
bounds,
confine,
enclave,
term,
bourn,
verge,
curbstone†,
but,
pale,
reservation;
termination,
terminus;
stint,
frontier,
precinct,
marches;
backwoods.
boundary line,
landmark;
line of demarcation,
line of circumvallation†;
pillars of Hercules;
Rubicon,
turning point;
ne plus ultra [Lat.];
sluice,
floodgate.
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Roget 283:
regress,
regression;
retrocession†,
retrogression,
retrograduation†,
retroaction;
reculade†;
retreat,
withdrawal,
retirement,
remigration†;
recession
etc.
(motion from)
287;
recess;
crab-like motion.
refluence†,
reflux;
backwater,
regurgitation,
ebb,
return;
resilience reflection,
reflexion [Brit.]
(recoil)
277;
flip-flop,
volte-face [Fr.].
counter motion,
retrograde motion,
backward movement,
motion in reverse,
counter movement,
counter march;
veering,
tergiversation,
recidivation†,
backsliding,
fall;
deterioration
etc.
659;
recidivism,
recidivity†.
reversal,
relapse,
turning point
etc.
(reversion)
145.
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Roget 8:
circumstance,
situation,
phase,
position,
posture,
attitude,
place,
point;
terms;
regime;
footing,
standing,
status.
occasion,
juncture,
conjunctive;
contingency
etc.
(event)
151.
predicament;
emergence,
emergency;
exigency,
crisis,
pinch,
pass,
push;
occurrence;
turning point.
bearings,
how the land lies.
surroundings,
context,
environment
232;
location
184.
contingency,
dependence
(uncertainty)
475;
causation
153,
attribution
155.
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Roget 67:
end,
close,
termination;
desinence†,
conclusion,
finis,
finale,
period,
term,
terminus,
endpoint,
last,
omega;
extreme,
extremity;
gable end,
butt end,
fag-end;
tip,
nib,
point;
tail
etc.
(rear)
235;
verge
etc.
(edge)
231;
tag,
peroration;
bonne bouche [Fr.];
bottom dollar,
tail end,
rear guard.
consummation,
denouement;
finish
etc.
(completion)
729;
fate;
doom,
doomsday;
crack of doom,
day of Judgment,
dies irae,
fall of the curtain;
goal,
destination;
limit,
determination;
expiration,
expiry†,
extinction,
extermination;
death
etc.
360;
end of all things;
finality;
eschatology.
break up,
commencement de la fin,
last stage,
turning point;
coup de grace,
deathblow;
knock-out-blow;
sockdolager [U.S.].
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Roget 134:
timeliness,
occasion,
opportunity,
opening,
room;
event
(eventuality)
151;
suitable season,
proper season,
suitable time,
proper time;
high time;
opportuneness
etc.
adj.;
tempestivity†.
crisis,
turn,
juncture,
conjuncture;
crisis,
turning point,
given time.
nick of time;
golden opportunity,
well timed opportunity,
fine opportunity,
favorable opportunity,
opening;
clear stage,
fair field;
mollia tempora [Lat.];
fata Morgana [Lat.];
spare time
etc.
(leisure)
685.
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Roget 145:
reversion,
return;
revulsion.
turning point,
turn of the tide;
status quo ante bellum;
calm before a storm.
alternation
etc.
(periodicity)
138;
inversion
etc.
219;
recoil
etc.
277;
retreat,
regression,
retrogression
etc.
283;
restoration
etc.
660;
relapse,
recidivism
etc.
661;
atavism;
vicinism†;
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Roget 153:
cause,
origin,
source,
principle,
element;
occasioner†,
prime mover,
primum mobile [Lat.];
vera causa [Lat.];
author
etc.
(producer)
164;
mainspring;
agent;
leaven;
groundwork,
foundation
etc.
(support)
215.
spring,
fountain,
well,
font;
fountainhead,
spring head,
wellhead;
fons et origo [Lat.],
genesis;
descent
etc.
(paternity)
166;
remote cause;
influence.
pivot,
hinge,
turning point,
lever,
crux,
fulcrum;
key;
proximate cause,
causa causans [Lat.];
straw that breaks the camel's back.
ground;
reason,
reason why;
why and wherefore,
rationale,
occasion,
derivation;
final cause
etc.
(intention)
620;
les dessous des cartes [Fr.];
undercurrents.
rudiment.
egg,
germ,
embryo,
bud,
root,
radix radical,
etymon,
nucleus,
seed,
stem,
stock,
stirps,
trunk,
tap-root,
gemmule†,
radicle,
semen,
sperm.
nest,
cradle,
nursery,
womb,
nidus,
birthplace,
hotbed.
causality,
causation;
origination;
production
etc.
161.
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Dutch: keerpunt, mijlpaal, monument
Polish: punkt