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

Parcels of agricultural land surrounded on a certain percentage of their borders by homes, businesses, highways or land zoned for future development can apply for the designation. — Nico Rivero, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2026

It’s been used to raise funds for Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse, a Minnesota woman caught using a racist slur on camera and to support Canadian truckers who blocked highways in protest of Covid restrictions. — David K. Li, NBC news, 28 Sep. 2026

Heavy rain fell across the southern part of the Big Island on Saturday afternoon, prompting partial closures of one of the main highways linking Kailua-Kona in the west to Hilo in the east. — Eugene Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2026

Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern cite 500-plus supportive customers, more than 2,000 filed statements, and backers including trucking giant Knight-Swift and a claim of 2 million fewer truckloads on highways. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 24 Sep. 2026

For decades, the story has focused on population loss, empty storefronts, highways that divided neighborhoods and a downtown that too often goes quiet after work. — Mark Taylor, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

Emotions run high in heart-racing clips shown in the trailer of Cheshire biking alongside busy, winding highways as cars and trucks pass her. — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE, 22 Sep. 2026

In the past, flood damage and landslides from heavy rain during El Niño have shut down highways and affected public services long after a storm has passed. — Bethany Tietjen, The Conversation, 21 Sep. 2026

The money goes to state highways, county roads, public transit and local recreation projects. — Paula Wethington, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026