Word Type

Noun

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

Word Relationships

Typical Location

cars city city street corner of two streets fork in road place where two streets meet road street street corner town town center

Defined As

american english word for crossroads

Derived Terms

T-intersection Y-intersection cointersection intersection syndrome nonintersection pseudointersection seagull intersection

Context

category theory geometry set theory sports

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

connection connexion internal representation joining junction mental representation point representation set

Type Of (IsA)

joining junction point set where two or more roads meet where two or more things meet where two roads meet

Part Of

road

Related Terms

corner crossroad crossroads intersect intersectional intersectionalism intersectionalist intersectionalistic intersectionality intersegment junction overlap union ∩

Related Terms

common corner crossroad element highway intersect intersectionality junction monic path point pullback set street synchronized skating thoroughfare union

Synonym Network

crossroads overlap

Used For

connecting two roads meet

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