Road synonyms

highway

A main, direct public road, especially a multi-lane, high speed thoroughfare connecting major population centers.

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lane

A narrow way or passage between walls, hedges, or fences.

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boulevard

The definition of a boulevard is a wide street often lined with trees.

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roadway

A road; specif., that part of a road traveled on by vehicles

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thruway

(US, nonstandard) Alternative form of throughway.

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avenue

A way of approach to something

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parkway

A broad landscaped highway, often divided by a planted median strip.

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alley

A narrow street or walk, specif., a lane behind or alongside a row of buildings or between two rows of buildings that face on adjacent streets

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bypass

A road that passes around something, such as a residential area

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state highway

A strip prepared for travel

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pavement

(Chiefly UK) A paved footpath, especially at the side of a road.

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pike

A hill with a pointed summit.

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route

A road or path; often specifically a highway.

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speedway

(Chiefly US) A road for high speed traffic; an expressway.

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drive

(--- Sports) The ball or puck as it is propelled:

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street (related)

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motorway (related)

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expressway

A divided highway for through traffic, with full or partial control of access and generally with overpasses or underpasses at intersections

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trace

A visible mark, such as a footprint, made or left by the passage of a person, animal, or thing.

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autostrada (Italian)

A strip prepared for travel

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path

A walk or way for the use of people on foot, as in a park or garden

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back-road

A secondary road, a little used road, a road through rural areas sometimes used as alternate to main roads.

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beltway

(Mostly local usage) The expressway that surrounds another city.

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concourse

An open space, especially in a park, where several roads or paths meet.

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corduroy-road

A road paved with split or round logs laid crosswise side by side, used e.g. to cross swampy areas.

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fare

A transportation charge, as for a bus.

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journey

The definition of a journey is a trip from one place to another.

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passage

Passage is moving through something, being granted permission to move through something or an enclosed area that you must move through to get to somewhere else.

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byway

A road or path other than the main one, esp. one not used very much; side road; bypath

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alleyway

An alley between buildings

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crossroad

A crossroads (place where one road crosses another)

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slab

An outside piece taken from a log or timber when sawing it into boards, planks, etc.

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divided-highway

(US) A dual carriageway

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scheme

A visionary plan or project

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way

(Sussex) the South Downs Way

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course

A way, path, or channel of movement

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detour

A roundabout way; deviation from a direct way

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feeder

A person or thing that feeds

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impasse

A situation that is so difficult that no progress can be made; a deadlock or a stalemate:

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portage

Portage is defined as the act of carrying or transporting, or payment for carrying, or carrying small boats over land between two bodies of water.

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railroad

(Figuratively) A procedure conducted or bullied in haste without due consideration.

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railway

A track, consisting of parallel rails, over which wheeled vehicles such as trains may travel.

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roadstead

A sheltered offshore anchorage area for ships.

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track

(Railways) The permanent way; the rails.

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tramroad

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster's Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

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freeway

A highway without toll charges

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superhighway

Expressway

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thoroughfare

A road open at both ends or connecting one area with another; a highway or main street.

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turnpike

A gate or bar set across a road to stop carriages, animals, and sometimes people, until a toll is paid; a tollgate.