'Crisis' definitions:
Definition of 'crisis'
From: WordNet
noun
An unstable situation of extreme danger or difficulty; "they went bankrupt during the economic crisis"
noun
A crucial stage or turning point in the course of something; "after the crisis the patient either dies or gets better"
Definition of 'Crisis'
From: GCIDE
- Crisis \Cri"sis\ (kr?"s?s), n.; pl. Crises (-s?z). [L. crisis, Gr. ????, fr. ???? to separate. See Certain.]
- 1. The point of time when it is to be decided whether any affair or course of action must go on, or be modified or terminate; the decisive moment; the turning point. [1913 Webster]
- This hour's the very crisis of your fate. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
- The very times of crisis for the fate of the country. --Brougham. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Med.) That change in a disease which indicates whether the result is to be recovery or death; sometimes, also, a striking change of symptoms attended by an outward manifestation, as by an eruption or sweat. [1913 Webster]
- Till some safe crisis authorize their skill. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'crisis'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- bench mark,
- boom,
- bottoming out,
- breakers ahead,
- business cycle,
- business fluctuations,
- bust,
- calamity,
- cardhouse,
- cardinal point,
- catastrophe,
- cause for alarm,
- chief thing,
- climacteric,
- climax,
- clutch,
- contingency,
- convergence of events,
- cooling off,
- core,
- cornerstone,
- critical juncture,
- critical moment,
- critical point,
- crossroads,
- crucial period,
- crunch,
- crux,
- danger,
- dangerous ground,
- depression,
- disaster,
- dollar crisis,
- dollar gap,
- downturn,
- economic cycle,
- economic expansion,
- economic growth,
- emergency,
- endangerment,
- essence,
- essential,
- essential matter,
- exigency,
- expanding economy,
- expansion,
- extremity,
- financial crisis,
- fundamental,
- gaping chasm,
- gathering clouds,
- gist,
- gravamen,
- great point,
- growth,
- hazard,
- heart,
- high growth rate,
- high point,
- high pressure,
- hinge,
- house of cards,
- imperativeness,
- imperilment,
- important thing,
- issue,
- jeopardy,
- kernel,
- keystone,
- landmark,
- low,
- main point,
- main thing,
- market expansion,
- material point,
- meat,
- menace,
- milestone,
- nub,
- pass,
- peak,
- peaking,
- peril,
- pinch,
- pith,
- pivot,
- plight,
- predicament,
- press,
- pressure,
- prosperity,
- push,
- quicksand,
- real issue,
- recession,
- recovery,
- risk,
- rocks ahead,
- rub,
- salient point,
- sine qua non,
- slowdown,
- slump,
- storm clouds,
- strait,
- stress,
- substance,
- substantive point,
- tension,
- the bottom line,
- the point,
- thin ice,
- threat,
- turn,
- turning point,
- upturn,
- urgency,
- zero hour