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avenue

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Synonyms and Antonyms of avenue

1 a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues

Synonyms of avenue

arterial, artery, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, road, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpike, way

Words Related to avenue

autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway

beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]

corniche, switchback

high street [British], Main Street

backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street

alley, alleyway

circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place

close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end

2 an established course for traveling from one place to another

the two main avenues available to those joining in the California gold rush were the trail across the Southwest desert or the hazard-filled loop around Central and South America

Synonyms of avenue

approach, passage, path, route, way

Words Related to avenue

bypath, byway, lane, laneway [British]

artery, boulevard, bypass, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, passageway, pike, road, roadway, routeway [chiefly British], row, street, thoroughfare, turnpike

trace, track, trail

bikeway, cycleway [British]

channel, gat, watercourse, waterway

door, doorway, gate, gateway, hatch, portal

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