Thesaurus results for CROSSROAD

crossroad

noun

ˈkrȯs-ˌrōd

Definition of crossroad

as in intersection

usually crossroads plural a place where roads meet the fast-food chain has a restaurant at practically every crossroads

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Relevance

as in crisis

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

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Recent Examples of crossroad The country has significant gold, agricultural and livestock resources and sits at the crossroads of Africa and the Middle East. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 28 Sep. 2026 America is at a critical crossroads for the type of future in store beyond issues of affordability, groceries and gas prices due to global conflicts. — Arkansas Online, 23 Sep. 2026 In January of 2024, at a crossroads of an already long and accomplished professional baseball career, Chris Sale was willing to try something — anything — new. — Chad Bishop, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026 Still, Malone has jumped right in, even signing a player — former South Dakota center Cameron Fens, who is part of an eligibility suit filed in Tennessee — caught squarely in the crossroads of that uncertainty. — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for crossroad

Recent Examples of Synonyms for crossroad

Noun

What all three films have in common, aside from various intersections and overlaps in their stories, is their repositioning of tech billionaires as the new screen villains.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 7 Oct. 2026
County officials said the intersection meets the criteria for a traffic signal based on peak-hour traffic conditions.

— Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of intersection

Noun

In its examination of Haiti’s deepening crisis, the panel detailed how influential figures in Haitian society continue to support armed gangs.

— Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 9 Oct. 2026
And then, largely as a byproduct of the scaremongering around the AIDS crisis, there was a sense of things going backwards.

— Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of crisis

Noun

The quick short corner surprised Greenville (6-16-5), and Barea hit the edge of the 18-yard box before lifting a cross to the far post.

— Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 4 Oct. 2026
Defense forces three and out Bryce Fitzgerald and Ethan O’Connor at outside corner.

— Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of corner

Noun

Gins, Oudard said, sit at the crucial junction where agricultural output becomes textile industry input.

— Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 7 Oct. 2026
The approach, published in Energy & Environmental Science, could offer a route to surpass the conventional theoretical efficiency limit for single-junction solar cells.

— Kaif Shaikh, Interesting Engineering, 7 Oct. 2026