Tipping point

Synonyms for "tipping point" (12 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (3)

Noun(3 words)
boiling pointbreaking pointcusps

Strong matches (3)

Noun(2 words)
flashpointinflection point
Preposition(1 words)
past the point

Related words (6)

Noun(6 words)
pivottechnology adoption turning pointthresholdthresholdsturning pointwatershed

Related word relations

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

5 relation types

More general

4 entries
critical pointsocial thresholdthresholdtransition point

More specific

4 entries
adoption tipping pointclimate tipping pointecological tipping pointmarket tipping point

Collocations

5 entries
approach tipping pointcross tipping pointreach tipping pointsystem tipping pointtrigger tipping point

Inflections

1 entries
tipping points

Derivations

2 entries
tipping point liketipping point wise

Sample sentences

3 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

It is a scenario climate scientists have feared since first identifying "tipping points" - delicate thresholds where a slight rise in the Earth's temperature can cause a dramatic change in the environment that itself triggers a far greater increase in global temperatures.

Source: wiktionary

Some researchers worry that rainforests will soon reach a tipping point — a point of no return in which the once-lush forests transition to arid regions.

Source: wiktionary

Climate scientists have detected warning signs of the collapse of the Gulf Stream, one of the planet’s main potential tipping points.

Source: wiktionary