Crisis

//ˈkɹaɪsɪs//

Synonyms for "crisis" (123 found)

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Closest matches (25)

Noun(1 words)
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Strong matches (37)

Related words (61)

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More general

3 entries

Related terms

5 entries

causes

1 entries

causes desire

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derived

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has a

1 entries

has context

2 entries

is a

3 entries

related to

32 entries

Showing 16 of 32 words.

Translations

188 translations across 78 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • krizë noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Arabic

3 entries
  • أَزْمَة noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • أَزْمَة noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • بُحْرَان noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Armenian

2 entries
  • ճգնաժամ noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • ճգնաժամ noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Assamese

3 entries
  • সংকট noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • হাহাকাৰ noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • হুৱাদুৱা noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • böhran noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • кры́за noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • кры́зіс noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Bengali

1 entries
  • সঙ্কট noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Bhojpuri

2 entries
  • संकट noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • संकट noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Bulgarian

3 entries
  • кри́за noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • кри́за noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • кри́за noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အကျပ်အတည်း noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Catalan

4 entries
  • crisi noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • crisi noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crisi noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • crisi noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Central Kurdish

1 entries
  • قەیران noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 危機 /危机 noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries
  • 危機 /危机 noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • 危機 /危机 noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 危機 /危机 noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • 危機 /危机 noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Czech

4 entries
  • krize noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krize noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • krize noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • krize noun (point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved)

Danish

4 entries
  • krise noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • krise noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krise noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • krise noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Dutch

4 entries
  • breekpunt noun (point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved)
  • crisis noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • crisis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crisis noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • krizo noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Estonian

1 entries
  • kriis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Faroese

1 entries
  • kreppa noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kriisi noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • kriisi noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • kriisi noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • kriisi noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

French

2 entries
  • crise noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crise noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Galician

3 entries
  • crise noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • crise noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crise noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Georgian

4 entries
  • გარდამტეხი წერტილი noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • კრიზისი noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • კრიზისი noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • კრიზისი noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

German

4 entries
  • Krise noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • Krise noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • Krise noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • Krise noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Greek

4 entries
  • κρίση noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • κρίση noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • κρίση noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • κρίση noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • מַשְׁבֵּר noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • מַשְׁבֵּר noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Hindi

1 entries
  • संकट noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • krízis noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • krízis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krízis noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • válság noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Icelandic

2 entries
  • kreppa noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • kreppa noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Ido

3 entries
  • krizo noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • krizo noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krizo noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • krisis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • بُحْران noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Irish

1 entries
  • aothú noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)

Italian

3 entries
  • crisi noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crisi noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • emergenza noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)

Japanese

4 entries
  • クライシス noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • クライシス noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • 分利 noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • 危機 noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)

Kannada

1 entries
  • ಬಿಕ್ಕಟ್ಟು noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • дағдарыс noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Khmer

1 entries
  • វិបត្តិ noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Korean

4 entries
  • 분리 noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • 위기 noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • 위기 noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • 위기 noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • каатчылык noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • кризис noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Lao

1 entries
  • ວິກິດຕິການ noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Latvian

1 entries
  • krīze noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • krizė noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • кри́за noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Malay

2 entries
  • kemelut noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krisis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • പ്രതിസന്ധി noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • പ്രതിസന്ധി noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хямрал noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Māori

3 entries
  • maiki noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • tairaru noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • tairaru noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Northern Kurdish

3 entries
  • buhran noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krîz noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • qeyran noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • krise noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Ottoman Turkish

1 entries
  • بحران noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Pashto

2 entries
  • بحران noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • کړکېچ noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Persian

1 entries
  • بُحْرَان noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Polish

1 entries
  • kryzys noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • crise noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • crise noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crise noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • crise noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Romanian

4 entries
  • criză noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • criză noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • criză noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • criză noun (point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved)

Russian

4 entries
  • кри́зис noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • кри́зис noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • кри́зис noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • кри́зис noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • gàbhadh noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • gàbhadh noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • èiginn noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • èiginn noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • kríza noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • prèkretnica noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • кри́за noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • прѐкретница noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)

Slovak

4 entries
  • kríza noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • kríza noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)
  • kríza noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • kríza noun (point in a drama at which a conflict reaches a peak before being resolved)

Slovene

1 entries
  • kriza noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Spanish

3 entries
  • crisis noun (crucial or decisive point or situation; a turning point)
  • crisis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • crisis noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)

Swedish

3 entries
  • kris noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • kris noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)
  • livskris noun (traumatic or stressful change in a person's life)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • krisis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Tajik

2 entries
  • бӯҳрон noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • кризис noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Telugu

1 entries
  • సంక్షోభం noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Thai

1 entries
  • วิกฤตการณ์ noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Turkish

4 entries
  • buhran noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • bunalım noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • kriz noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • nöbet noun (sudden change in the course of a disease)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • krizis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • кри́за noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Urdu

1 entries
  • بُحْران noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • كرىزىس noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • buhron noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • krizis noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • khủng hoảng noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • קריזיס noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • rògbòdìyàn noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)
  • yánpọnyánrin noun (unstable situation in political, social, economic or military affairs)

Sample sentences

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You must know you're faced with a crisis.

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There will be an energy crisis in the near future.

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In a crisis, you must get in touch with your teacher.

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In a crisis you must keep your head.

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