Synonyms for crossroads
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1. hamlet, crossroadsnoun

   a community of people smaller than a village

   Synonyms:
   village, juncture, critical point, hamlet

2. juncture, critical point, crossroadsnoun

   a crisis situation or point in time when a critical decision must be made

   "at that juncture he had no idea what to do"; "he must be made to realize that the company stands at a critical point"

   Synonyms:
   joint, junction, articulation, juncture, critical point, join, occasion, hamlet

3. crossroadsnoun

   a point where a choice must be made

   "Freud's work stands at the crossroads between psychology and neurology"

   Synonyms:
   critical point, juncture, hamlet

Matched Categories

1. • Community
   • Crisis
   • Overlap

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1. List of paraphrases for "crossroads":

   carrefour, crossroad, juncture, carrefours, intersection, cross-roads, junction, hub, junctions, intersections

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1. Adam Bain:

   Vijaya is at the crossroads of some of the most important policy decisions the company is making and how it interacts with governments around the world... and how Twitter is thinking through the trust and safety of its platform, it's an extremely important job at the company.

2. Cederic Leighton:

   The Tsarnaev brothers came from Dagestan and that area is right at the crossroads of all of these occurrences, where you got Islamic fundamentalist at work, Russian state trying to prevent it … all of these things could very easily reach our shores, especially if refugees start coming from this area, so there are definitely potential implications for U.S. security.

3. Rolake Akinkugbe:

   The current low global oil price trend, and past consensus on the need to prioritize long-term investment in infrastructure should set the scene for a phasing out of subsidies, government finances are strained and Nigeria is clearly at an economic crossroads.

4. President Trump:

   This is where you were meant to be, right here, today, at this crossroads in history.

5. Newt Gingrich:

   The absence of voting for the Republican nominee is functionally a vote for Hillary, it's a crossroads for the Republican Party and it's a crossroads for America.