road map

noun

1

: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel

2

a

: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal

b

: a detailed explanation

Synonyms

• arrangement
• blueprint
• design
• game
• game plan
• ground plan
• master plan
• plan
• program
• project
• scheme
• strategy
• system

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map?

a road map to peace

Recent Examples on the Web

But this game will certainly be etched into the Game 2 Spo legacy, revealing the potential road map to get his team back in this series. —Jared Weiss, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025

The Project 2025 playbook provided a road map: reductions to corporate, marginal, and capital gains tax rates; pulling the U.S. out of global agreements that ensure corporations and wealthy individuals pay minimum taxes; and slashing the IRS budget and staff (which has already been done). —Ian Simmons, Forbes.com, 15 Apr. 2025

The outcome would be a road map to build a thriving regional farm economy. —Chicago Tribune, 8 Apr. 2025

That’s because Mississippi’s success offers a proven solution to the reading literacy crisis facing many states – a clear road map for closing early literacy gaps and improving reading outcomes nationwide. —Harry Anthony Patrinos, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for road map

• bandgap
• bitmap
• blackcap
• blackstrap
• bootstrap
• burlap
• claptrap
• entrap
• foolscap
• kidnap
• kneecap
• madcap