Synonyms of highways

highways

noun

plural of highway

as in roads

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• roads
• freeways
• thoroughfares
• streets
• expressways
• roadways
• routes
• carriageways
• boulevards
• turnpikes
• arteries
• arterials
• interstates
• drives
• causeways
• thruways
• ways
• motorways
• avenues
• lanes
• pike
• parkways
• rows
• high roads
• passes
• superhighways
• corridors
• traces
• autobahns
• trails
• alleys
• byways
• beltways
• drags
• autoroutes
• bypasses
• switchbacks
• alleyways
• branches
• crossroads
• tracks
• side streets
• through streets
• secondary roads
• backstreets
• side roads
• Main Streets
• ring roads
• dual carriageways
• circles
• autostradas
• places
• high streets
• dead ends
• corniches
• laneways
• cul-de-sacs
• mews
• bystreets
• shunpikes
• closes

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of highways

The records show that for nearly three years now, Florida’s highways have been racing with troopers’ black-and-tan patrol cars chasing drivers, even for non-violent offenses, leaving a trail of severe crashes, injuries and deaths. — Brittany Wallman, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2026

Oklahoma's Highway Patrol signed all of its troopers on to 287(g), giving their officers the power to stop a driver and potentially make an immigration arrest on state highways. — Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 28 Oct. 2026

Removing trees along highways can increase erosion from runoff, affect air quality and worsen noise pollution, according to Scenic America, a nonprofit that works to preserve scenic byways. — Charlotte Observer, 28 Oct. 2026

Photos show extensive flooding in some parts of Southern California amid record-breaking high tides that have swamped homes and highways. — Sarah Lynch Baldwin, CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026

By exchanging ownership, McCall would be able to implement more pedestrian safety measures, such as bike lanes and walking routes that are not standard for state highways, Youmans said. — Harllie Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 21 Oct. 2026

For decades, communities fought power plants, highways and landfills. — Zev Laine, Forbes.com, 20 Oct. 2026

The two highways are major entry points to the center of Kansas City and downtown. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

Steam engines came into common use in the nineteenth century and electricity in the early twentieth, but their full potential was not realized before the completion of railways, highways, and power grids decades later. — Ruchir Sharma, Foreign Affairs, 13 Oct. 2026