side road

noun

: a smaller road off a main road

Examples of side road in a Sentence

We like driving on side roads when we travel.

Recent Examples on the Web

Instead, trucks could drive more on non-toll highways and side roads, which could raise safety concerns. — Todd Feurer, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026

Video from the scene showed investigators methodically walking across freeway lanes looking for evidence as a river of morning commuters moved around the closure on side roads before getting back on the freeway. — Fedor Zarkhin, Los Angeles Times, 7 May 2026

Residents feared those small streets would become side roads for drivers looking to avoid traffic on Mallard Creek Road. — Desiree Mathurin april 23, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026

There is no turning back, no compromise, no side road. — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 19 Mar. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1691, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for side road

• afterload
• episode
• internode
• microcode
• multimode
• nematode
• nesselrode
• overflowed
• overload
• overrode
• radioed
• torpedoed