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crossroad

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of crossroad

1 usually crossroads plural a place where roads meet

  • the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads
Synonyms of crossroad

carrefour, corner, crossing, crossway(s), intersection, junction
Words Related to crossroad

cloverleaf, interchange, overpass, underpass

circle, rotary, roundabout [British], traffic circle

2 usually crossroads plural a time or state of affairs requiring prompt or decisive action

  • we've come to a crossroads, and we have to make a decision
Synonyms of crossroad

boiling point, breaking point, clutch, conjuncture, crisis, crunch, crunch time, Dunkirk, emergency, exigency, extremity, flash point, head, juncture, tinderbox, zero hour
Words Related to crossroad

contingency, possibility

climax, turning point

happening, landmark, milestone

condition, pass, situation, strait

deadlock, impasse, stalemate

corner, fix, hole, hot water, jam, last ditch, pinch, predicament, scrape, spot

eleventh hour, last minute
Phrases Synonymous with crossroad

moment of truth, point of no return

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