fork in road
Two directions ahead
A fork in the road is a point where a path divides into two branches, requiring a choice of direction.
The phrase appears constantly in figurative use for any decisive moment or turning point: I've reached a fork in the road with my career.
Robert Frost's poem about "the road not taken" cemented this metaphor in English.
- decisionSettled course of action
- life choicesMajor personal determinations
- choiceAct of selecting
- make a decisionSelect among options
- divergeSeparate into directions
path · branch · split · turning · turning point · dilemma · options · point of no return · waypoint · signpost · detour · direction · parting · Y-shaped · divergence · choosing · hesitation · traveler
- decisionschoice, make a decision, choices, yes, no
- High Stakesdo-or-die, do or die, make-or-break, make or break, life or death
- road featurescurve, bend, straightaway, stretch, junction
- crossroadscrossroads, junction, juncture, intersection, turning point
- what-ifswhat if, hypothetical, thought experiment, speculation, conjecture
- dilemmasdilemma, moral dilemma, ethical dilemma, tough call, lesser evil
fork in roadstraightaway
Without pause or hesitation
straight path · linear path · single lane · one-way street · direct route
fork in roadno choice
Lack of alternatives
only option · dead end · one-way · destiny · fate
fork in roadjunction
Point where things meet
confluence · convergence · merge · meeting point · intersection
fork, road, forks, forked, forking, roads, roadway, roadways, roadside