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turnpike

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of turnpike

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel

the turnpike was jammed with people heading south for the long weekend

Synonyms of turnpike

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

Words Related to turnpike

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

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