Crossroads meaning

noun

1. a community of people smaller than a village

   Synonymshamlet

2. 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”

   Synonymsjuncturecritical point

3. a point where a choice must be made

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