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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The California Highway Patrol's Woodland division said traffic was being diverted off the freeway at Reed Avenue.
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Richard Ramos, CBS News, 24 June 2026
The recall comes as Waymo grows fast Waymo started offering freeway rides to public riders in the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix and Los Angeles in November 2025.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Unlike the city’s safe camping sites under the freeway, which flooded during the rain, the new site includes wood platforms.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
Left led downhill to Garberville and to the endless freeway thereafter.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
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Richard Ramos, CBS News, 24 June 2026
The recall comes as Waymo grows fast Waymo started offering freeway rides to public riders in the San Francisco Bay Area, Phoenix and Los Angeles in November 2025.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 23 June 2026
Unlike the city’s safe camping sites under the freeway, which flooded during the rain, the new site includes wood platforms.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 23 June 2026
Left led downhill to Garberville and to the endless freeway thereafter.
—Literary Hub, 22 June 2026
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“Freeway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freeway. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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freeway
noun
free·way
ˈfrē-ˌwā 
: a highway that is free of tolls
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