Synonyms for Watershed
ˈwɔ tərˌʃɛd, ˈwɒt ər-wa·ter·shed

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1. watershednoun

   A region of land within which water flows down into a specified body, such as a river, lake, sea, or ocean; a drainage basin.

   Synonyms:
   catchment basin, catchment, river basin, catchment area, drainage area, water basin

2. watershednoun

   A critical point marking a change in course or development.

   Synonyms:
   turning point

3. watershednoun

   Synonyms:
   divide, water parting, water divide, drainage divide

4. watershednoun

   Synonyms:
   safe harbor

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.2 / 6 votes

1. watershed, water parting, dividenoun

   a ridge of land that separates two adjacent river systems

   Synonyms:
   river basin, drainage area, landmark, catchment area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, divide, turning point, basin, water parting

2. river basin, basin, watershed, drainage basin, catchment area, catchment basin, drainage areanoun

   the entire geographical area drained by a river and its tributaries; an area characterized by all runoff being conveyed to the same outlet

   "flood control in the Missouri basin"

   Synonyms:
   washstand, divide, river basin, washbowl, washbasin, landmark, lavatory, drainage area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, catchment area, turning point, basin, water parting, basinful

3. landmark, turning point, watershednoun

   an event marking a unique or important historical change of course or one on which important developments depend

   "the agreement was a watershed in the history of both nations"

   Synonyms:
   street corner, corner, river basin, drainage area, landmark, catchment area, watershed, drainage basin, catchment basin, divide, turning point, basin, water parting

Matched Categories

1. • Geographical Area
   • Juncture
   • Line

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1. watershednoun

   Synonyms:
   divide

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:3.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "watershed":

   watersheds, basin, catchment, drainage, basins, hydrographic, milestone, pool, bassin, watershed-based, pelvis, river-basin, turning-point

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1. Daniel Zhang:

   We are at a technological watershed moment, driven by generative AI and cloud computing.

2. Stephen Breyer:

   [T]o overrule under fire in the absence of the most compelling reason to reexamine a watershed decision would subvert the Court's legitimacy beyond any serious question.

3. Zipnosis CEO Jon Pearce:

   Unfortunately, it's taken some pretty extraordinary circumstances, but I think this will be a watershed moment for the industry, certainly in the past few weeks with Covid, I think people's desire to have trusted advice from medical providers is just gone through the roof... and that's what we can facilitate in a very fast fashion. And more importantly, we can facilitate that without leaving your home.

4. Gianclaudio Torlizzi:

   Many people are wondering if the long-term bull market is over. I don't think it's over but copper has to hold above $6,200, which is the watershed level for the long-term uptrend, it doesn't make any sense to have such a gloomy sentiment on metals demand. This is a good opportunity to go long again.

5. Michelle Shively MacIver:

   Our hope is that once the chemistry is fixed there, they( fish) will keep swimming upstream. That will be good for the entire watershed, it's an expensive issue.