route

route

noun

Definition of ROUTE

1

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel <take Route 190 for six miles, then get off>

Synonyms arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpike

Related Words causeway; autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway; beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]; corniche, switchback; through street; high street [British], Main Street; backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street; alley, alleyway; circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place; close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end; corridor; track, trail

2

an established course for traveling from one place to another <we're going to get stuck in traffic if we take the usual route>

Synonyms approach, avenue, path, route, way

Related Words bypath, byway, lane, laneway [British]; artery, boulevard, bypass, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, passageway, pike, road, roadway, routeway [chiefly British], row, street, thoroughfare, turnpike; walk, walkway; trace, track, trail; airway; bikeway, cycleway [British]; channel, gat, watercourse, waterway; door, doorway, gate, gateway, hatch, portal

3

the direction along which something or someone moves <hurricanes generally take a northerly route up the Atlantic seaboard>

Synonyms course, line, pathway, route, routeway [chiefly British], steps, track, way

Related Words circle, circuit, loop, orbit; arc, flight path, trajectory; ascent, descent