Cusp

/kʌsp/

Synonyms for "cusp" (25 found)

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Closest matches (5)

Noun(2 words)
critical pointcusp point

Strong matches (8)

Related words (12)

Noun(6 words)
sharp pointthresholdtooth cuspturning pointvergeswatershed

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

10 entries
anatomical featureconceptual boundarycurve singularityflapgeometric featurepeakpointtiptooth morphologytransition point

More specific

6 entries
buccal cuspcritical transition momentcuspidal pointlingual cuspordinary cuspturning point in growth

Collocations

6 entries
cusp anglecusp pointcuspidal pointgeometric cuspordinary cusptooth cusp

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

3 entries

Sample sentences

6 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

She was on the cusp of a breakthrough when the fire alarm went off.

Source: tatoeba (10763882)

We are on the cusp of a big breakthrough.

Source: tatoeba (10986440)

We're on the cusp of summer now.

Source: tatoeba (11595433)

We are standing at the cusp of an incredible opportunity.

Source: tatoeba (11693291)

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