road map

noun

1

: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel

2

a

: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal

b

: a detailed explanation

Synonyms

• arrangement
• blueprint
• design
• game
• game plan
• ground plan
• master plan
• plan
• program
• project
• scheme
• strategy
• system

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map?

a road map to peace

Recent Examples on the Web

This alignment boosts the strategic fit score and enhances the value of these patents within Apple’s broader innovation road map. —Joseph K. Hopkins, Forbes, 4 Sep. 2024

The 119-page plan, developed over a year, is meant to serve as a road map to improve Detroit's homelessness response system, which includes shelters and housing programs. —Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 16 Aug. 2024

Bal noted the mishaps in the Copa tournament could provide a road map to making the 2026 World Cup a success. —Ece Yildirim, CNBC, 17 July 2024

In fact, the U.S. Energy Department has created a national road map to develop such grid-interactive efficient buildings to triple the energy efficiency and energy demand flexibility of buildings by 2030. —Zoltan Nagy, Discover Magazine, 12 Aug. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1