Synonyms of avenue

avenue

noun

ˈa-və-ˌnü 

1

as in street

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

a city famous for its broad, tree-lined avenues

Synonyms & Similar Words

• street
• thoroughfare
• road
• highway
• route
• freeway
• boulevard
• expressway
• roadway
• carriageway
• artery
• turnpike
• arterial
• way
• causeway
• drive
• interstate
• high road
• lane
• pike
• pass
• row
• thruway
• parkway
• motorway
• trace
• alley
• bypass
• corridor
• drag
• superhighway
• trail
• branch
• crossroad
• alleyway
• byway
• beltway
• autobahn
• side street
• Main Street
• side road
• switchback
• high street
• dual carriageway
• through street
• track
• secondary road
• ring road
• corniche
• circle
• dead end
• place
• autoroute
• close
• backstreet
• mews
• autostrada
• laneway
• cul-de-sac
• bystreet
• shunpike

2

as in route

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 & Similar Words

• route
• path
• approach
• road
• highway
• way
• artery
• passage
• street
• thoroughfare
• boulevard
• roadway
• walk
• trail
• passageway
• lane
• expressway
• bypass
• turnpike
• pass
• walkway
• freeway
• track
• pike
• bypath
• drive
• byway
• row
• laneway
• routeway
• high road
• airway
• door
• doorway
• channel
• waterway
• gateway
• gate
• portal
• watercourse
• trace
• hatch
• cycleway
• bikeway
• gat

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of avenue

The personalized cancer vaccine being developed by Moderna and Merck has boosted hopes that mRNA technology could open up a ​new avenue of treatment, but the available evidence is still limited. — Mariam Sunny, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026

Hence, this mechanism represents a critical avenue by which new human diseases arise. — Encyclopedia Britannica, 25 Aug. 2026

National supply networks such as Kids in Need Foundation are another avenue to explore. — Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026

One proposal is to construct a pedestrian refuge island in the middle of the La Grange Road/Homestead intersection and include these islands from Woodlawn to Richmond avenues. — Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 24 Aug. 2026