road map

noun

Synonyms of road mapnext
1
: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel
2
a
: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal
b
: a detailed explanation

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map? a road map to peace
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Warnock said in his sermon that the prophet Isaiah provides words of hope but also a road map on how to move forward. Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 15 June 2026 The result is a culinary road map of the United States. Peter Burke, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026 One Texas city offers a road map out of this mess, said Shaina Mishkin in Barron’s. The Week Us, TheWeek, 11 June 2026 Development sequence The road map for deployment consists of two primary hardware systems. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 10 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for road map

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of road map was in 1741

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“Road map.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/road%20map. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.

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