Crisis synonyms | Another word for crisis

Climax, adversity, rubicon, and climacteric are all synonyms for crisis. Stability and resolution are these antonyms of crisis. And here are another 55 synonyms for crisis.

Crisis Synonyms

1. cataclysm

  • Adversity
  • Bind
  • Calamity
  • Car crash
  • Cataclysm
  • Catastrophe
  • Difficulty
  • Dilemma
  • Dire straits
  • Disaster
  • Distress
  • Drama
  • Emergency
  • Extremity
  • Fix
  • Hard times
  • Hardship
  • Hassle
  • Hell on earth
  • Hell
  • Hole
  • Hot water
  • Jam
  • Mess
  • Pickle
  • Plight
  • Predicament
  • Quandary
  • Reversal
  • Reverse
  • Scrape
  • Setback
  • Stew
  • Sticky situation
  • Stress
  • Trouble
  • Upheaval
  • Spot of bother

2. crossroads

  • Rubicon
  • Climacteric
  • Climax
  • Critical period
  • Critical point
  • Crossroads
  • Crux
  • Culmination
  • Decisive point
  • Head
  • Height
  • Moment of truth
  • Point of no return
  • Turning point
  • Zero hour
  • Crunch