time bomb

Questions about time bomb

What does time bomb mean?

time bomb means "a problematic situation that will eventually become dangerous if not addressed". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for time bomb?

Close synonyms include ticking bomb, infernal machine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is time bomb a common word?

time bomb is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.