Synonyms of turnpike

turnpike

noun

ˈtərn-ˌpīk 

as in highway

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

the turnpike was jammed with people heading south for the long weekend

Synonyms & Similar Words

• highway
• road
• freeway
• thoroughfare
• expressway
• street
• route
• roadway
• carriageway
• boulevard
• arterial
• artery
• causeway
• interstate
• thruway
• drive
• way
• avenue
• pike
• lane
• motorway
• parkway
• pass
• high road
• row
• corridor
• trace
• superhighway
• drag
• autobahn
• trail
• beltway
• bypass
• alley
• switchback
• byway
• Main Street
• autostrada
• autoroute
• branch
• side street
• ring road
• through street
• track
• alleyway
• dual carriageway
• side road
• crossroad
• high street
• secondary road
• corniche
• circle
• mews
• close
• dead end
• backstreet
• bystreet
• place
• laneway
• shunpike
• cul-de-sac

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of turnpike

The debris from the light pole then hit a tractor-trailer driving on the turnpike, leading the driver to sustain minor injuries. — Natalia Senanayake, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026

The jet crossed over the turnpike at 19 feet above the ground. — Russell Lewis, NPR, 4 June 2026

Since the early 1960s, her drawings, watercolors, acrylics, and collages have run like scenic byways along the whooshing turnpike of contemporary art. — Jeremy Lybarger, Artforum, 2 June 2026

As transportation networks expanded—first with canals and turnpikes, and later with railroads—rural isolation began to fade. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 21 May 2026