'Pivotal' definitions:
Definition of 'pivotal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Being of crucial importance; "a pivotal event"; "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasions"- Henry Kissinger; "the polar events of this study"; "a polar principal" [syn: pivotal, polar]
Definition of 'Pivotal'
From: GCIDE
- Pivotal \Piv"ot*al\, a. Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot; as, the pivotalopportunity of a career; the pivotal position in a battle. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'pivotal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acute,
- axial,
- behind the scenes,
- capital,
- cardinal,
- causal,
- causative,
- centermost,
- central,
- centralized,
- centric,
- centroidal,
- centrosymmetric,
- charged,
- clamorous,
- climacteric,
- compelling,
- concentrated,
- constitutive,
- critical,
- crucial,
- crying,
- decisive,
- determinative,
- effectual,
- emergent,
- essential,
- etiological,
- exigent,
- focal,
- formative,
- geocentric,
- high-pressure,
- high-priority,
- imperative,
- imperious,
- important,
- insistent,
- instant,
- institutive,
- kairotic,
- key,
- loaded,
- middle,
- middlemost,
- midmost,
- momentous,
- occasional,
- omphalic,
- originative,
- overriding,
- overruling,
- pregnant,
- pressing,
- principal,
- radical,
- ruling,
- significant,
- umbilical,
- urgent,
- vital