1
: an expressway with fully controlled access
2
: a highway without toll fees
Synonyms of freeway
Examples of freeway in a Sentence
a new driver who's nervous about driving on the freeway for the first time
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Torrey Pines kids were fighting and SDA kids were walking their freeway on-ramps with teachers during their ICE-out protests instead of being in class.
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
The express lane on the 110 North was flooded, forcing vehicles onto the freeway’s already crowded regular lanes.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
The impact scattered debris across the freeway’s northbound lanes and triggered several collisions on both sides of Highway 99 as motorists tried to avoid the wreckage.
—Darrell Smith
updated February 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
In the case of literature, though not freeways, adventurous lane-changing should be encouraged.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Feb. 2026
The express lane on the 110 North was flooded, forcing vehicles onto the freeway’s already crowded regular lanes.
—Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
The impact scattered debris across the freeway’s northbound lanes and triggered several collisions on both sides of Highway 99 as motorists tried to avoid the wreckage.
—Darrell Smith
updated February 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Feb. 2026
In the case of literature, though not freeways, adventurous lane-changing should be encouraged.
—Literary Hub, 19 Feb. 2026
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 26 Feb. 2026.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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