Pivotal

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American HeritageĀ® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or serving as a pivot.
  • adj. Being of vital or central importance; crucial: "Its pivotal location has also exposed it to periodic invasionsā€ ( Henry A. Kissinger).
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. of, relating to, or being a pivot
  • adj. being of crucial importance; central, key
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Of or pertaining to a pivot or turning point; belonging to, or constituting, a pivot; of the nature of a pivot
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of the nature of or forming a pivot; belonging to or constituting a pivot, or that upon which something turns or depends: as, a pivotal question; a pivotal State in an election.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. being of crucial importance
  • Equivalent
    crucial    important   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    axial    central   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    crucial    climactic    lame duck    run-off    formative    underscore    Type A    mint-green    unlikeliest    inat