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

Still, trading Ray will be another avenue to continue loading a farm system on the rise. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 31 July 2026

Structure, rules, lines — all of these were tried and true and would work for me in this avenue of life. — Chrissie Leong, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2026

Meta’s scale provides the financial power and attracts the talent needed to pursue growth avenues such as artificial intelligence. — Zev Fima, CNBC, 30 July 2026

Deputies were searching the neighborhood between Collier Avenue and Garnet Court along Presley and Musgrave avenues. — Jose Fabian, CBS News, 30 July 2026