Synonyms of highway

highway

noun

ˈhī-ˌwā 

as in road

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

the four-lane highway narrows to two lanes once you leave the city

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Examples of highway in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Trooper was marked safe and healthy after highway patrol officers took him to the vet. —Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024

One side of the highway is all cancer; the other side all crazy. —Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2024

Thousands of fleeing cars clogged Florida’s highways ahead of the storm, but time for evacuations was running out Wednesday. —Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2024

Gas stations running out of fuel in Florida as residents rush to evacuate Some of their neighbors already had left, packing bridges and highways to get away from storm surge zones forecast to flood up to 15 feet. —Paul P. Murphy and Michelle Krupa, CNN, 9 Oct. 2024

Phrases Containing highway

• highway robbery