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

Quantum computation gives researchers an avenue to explore computational problems that might take too long or be inaccurate if done otherwise. — Pera Onal, Baltimore Sun, 23 Sep. 2026

Keller will continue to pursue every diplomatic and legal avenue available to us. — Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026

His appellate legal team has been aggressively searching for any and every legal avenue that would overturn the judge’s sentence, nullify the jury’s guilty verdict, or even discredit the very criminal law that Combs was prosecuted under. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2026

Officers arrived at the scene on Howard Street between Dodge and Dewey avenues — or California and Washtenaw avenues on the Chicago side — and found a man on the ground with several people assisting him. — Adam Harrington, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026