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road

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of road

1 a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

I think we should take one of the less congested roads

Synonyms of road

arterial, artery, avenue, boulevard, carriageway [British], drag, drive, expressway, freeway, high road, highway, pass, pike, roadway, route, row, street, thoroughfare, thruway, trace, turnpike, way

Words Related to road

autobahn, autoroute, autostrada, dual carriageway [chiefly British], interstate, motorway [chiefly British], superhighway

beltway, bypass, parkway, ring road [chiefly British]

corniche, switchback

high street [British], Main Street

backstreet, branch, bystreet, byway, crossroad, secondary road, shunpike, side road, side street

alley, alleyway

circle, lane, laneway [British], mews [chiefly British], place

close [chiefly British], cul-de-sac, dead end

2 a roadway overlaid with parallel steel rails over which trains travel

the railway companies are continually repairing their roads

Synonyms of road

rail, railroad, railway

Words Related to road

el, elevated, elevated railroad

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