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

• plan
• strategy
• blueprint
• program
• project
• scheme
• game plan

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map?

a road map to peace

Recent Examples on the Web

But the country is now building toward a robotic lunar lander to be launched by a homegrown rocket, with a grander vision of establishing a moon base by 2045 as part of a long-term exploration road map released by KASA in August. —Andrew Jones, Space.com, 3 Oct. 2025

While the details of what happened haven’t changed, the series did outline an exact road map of what not to do when being questioned in a foreign country, a mostly unfamiliar language. —Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025

In phase two, the cost per genome sequenced will also have to decline from roughly $26,000 per genome in phase one to $6,100, according to the EBP’s official road map. —IEEE Spectrum, 2 Oct. 2025

Military man jailed in NC Inside Manchester’s Pontiac rental, police found a rifle bought off the street, his roof-carving tools and a North Carolina road map. —Théoden Janes, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 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