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noun

ˈstrēt How to pronounce street (audio)
Definition of streetnext
as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel going the wrong way on a one-way street

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adjective

as in grungy

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Recent Examples of street
Noun
There would be street-level commercial space as well and amenities for residents like a pool deck. — Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 18 Sep. 2026 Heat point guard Davion Mitchell has seemingly been anywhere and everywhere this summer, always in perpetual motion, burning calories, running down basketball courts and city streets. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 18 Sep. 2026
Adjective
Rivians are outfitted with a humming sound for safety to alert passersby, which the Grey’s team disconnected for filming, so while the show’s silent ambulance isn’t exactly street legal, the model is a guide to what ambulances could be in the real world. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026 The name of the new super-street combination? — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for street
  1. road
  2. grungy
  3. highway
  4. unkempt
  5. thoroughfare
  6. slovenly
  7. freeway
  8. untidy
Noun
  • Sophia Wilson tallied a goal and two assists in her 100th NWSL regular-season appearance, leading the Thorns (12-7-6) to a decisive road win over Orlando that snapped a three-match winless streak.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Isolated outback station From the air, Oak Park Station is a dot on a vast, mostly barren landscape scattered with trees, low-lying vegetation and long lines of roads and fences,around 150 miles north of Adelaide.
    — Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of road
Adjective
  • His new movie Misty Green — which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival last night — kicks off with a photo montage that pinballs between glitzy premieres and grungy street life, gorgeous Santa Monica sunsets and downtown tent cities.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 Sep. 2026
  • As a touring comedian and actor averse to grungy accommodations, Jones is a natural fit for the HGTV gig.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of grungy
Noun
  • The Floriston Fire near Truckee reached 75% containment Monday morning with no additional growth expected, according to authorities, but westbound Interstate 80 remained restricted as firefighters continued working along the highway.
    — Sacbee.com, Sacbee.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • The order directs the Department of Water Resources to stage flood-fighting supplies such as sandbags and pumps, while Caltrans prepares traffic-control and snow-removal equipment along vulnerable highways.
    — Cecilio Padilla, CBS News, 21 Sep. 2026
Definition of highway
Adjective
  • Thus far, online commentary has focussed on what the trailer reveals of the sisters’ hair, which is often undone, even unkempt.
    — Rebecca Mead, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
  • His voice is raspy, and the once-cleanly cut soul patch that defined his look is scraggly and unkempt.
    — Levi Weaver, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Definition of unkempt
Noun
  • Comella paid his fare at Canal Street — the driver would go no farther — and walked south on west Broadway, a thoroughfare of million-dollar lofts, to a point three blocks from the Trade Center.
    — Peter Wilkinson, Rolling Stone, 11 Sep. 2026
  • On the busy thoroughfare of Rosecrans Avenue, offices are seeing an influx of white-collar service firms full of lawyers, accountants and bankers.
    — Roger Vincent, Los Angeles Times, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Adjective
  • And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Definition of slovenly
Noun
  • Police closed down eastbound I-94 between I-696 and 11 Mile Road while gathering evidence, but have since reopened all lanes of the freeway.
    — Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Ridesharing service Uber must pay $40 million to the family of a woman killed after a driver ordered her out of the car on the freeway.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of freeway
Adjective
  • Pruning isn’t required, but helps shape the plant, boost growth, and prevent leggy, untidy stems.
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Bäck’s film prefers untidy personal drama to a tidy moral verdict.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2026
Definition of untidy

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“Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street. Accessed 23 Sep. 2026.

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