To be sitting, at so pleasant a conjuncture of one's courses, in oneself, by oneself, that I think it will freely be admitted is a way no worse than another, and better than some, of whiling away an instant of leisure.
Source: wiktionary
Conjuncture
//ˈkənd͡ʒʌŋkt͡ʃɚ//
Synonyms for "conjuncture" (8 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (2)
Strong matches (2)
Related words (4)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
2 entriesderived
1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
5 entriesTranslations
26 translations across 16 languages.
Belarusian
2 entries- кан'юнкту́ра noun (combination of events or circumstances)
- кан'юнкту́ра noun (set of circumstances causing a crisis)
Bulgarian
2 entries- конюнкту́ра noun (set of circumstances causing a crisis)
- стече́ние на обстоя́телствата noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Czech
1 entries- shoda okolností noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Dutch
1 entries- conjunctuur noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Finnish
1 entries- konjunktuuri noun (combination of events or circumstances)
French
1 entries- conjoncture noun (combination of events or circumstances)
German
1 entries- Konjunktur noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Greek
1 entries- συγκυρία noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Macedonian
2 entries- единство noun (combination of events or circumstances)
- конјунктура noun (set of circumstances causing a crisis)
Manx
1 entries- co-whailtys noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Portuguese
1 entries- conjuntura noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Russian
4 entries- конъюнкту́ра noun (combination of events or circumstances)
- конъюнкту́ра noun (set of circumstances causing a crisis)
- положе́ние дел noun (combination of events or circumstances)
- положе́ние дел noun (set of circumstances causing a crisis)
Spanish
1 entries- conjuntura noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Turkish
1 entries- konjonktür noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Ukrainian
3 entries- збіг обста́вин noun (combination of events or circumstances)
- кон'юнкту́ра noun (combination of events or circumstances)
- кон'юнкту́ра noun (set of circumstances causing a crisis)
Urdu
1 entries- موضع noun (combination of events or circumstances)
Sample sentences
2 total sentences available.
[I]n his later years, he [James II of England] repeatedly, at conjunctures such as have often inspired timorous and delicate women with heroic courage, showed a pusillanimous anxiety about his personal safety.
Source: wiktionary
Keep exploring
Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.