Word Type

Noun

The word "crossroads" can be used as a noun.

Word Relationships

Typical Location

birmingham city country countryside intersection of two roads journey life nottingham road traffic lights

Capable Of

means decision

Derived Terms

Crossroads of America

Derived From

walk

Inflected/Variant Forms

crossroad

Context

nonstandard

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

community convergence crisis intersection overlap

Type Of (IsA)

overlap television show where two roads intersect each other

Receives Action

found when two different roads intersect

Related Terms

centrally crossroad decision fork in road intersection located point position road turning point

Synonym Network

hamlet juncture

Used For

allowing choices choose option connecting roads intersecting roads intersection making life decision pick new direction to go turning

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.