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| Main Entry: |
highway
[hahy-wey]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | heavily traveled, capacious road |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, boulevard, drag*, four-lane, freeway, interstate, parking lot, parkway, path, pike, roadway, skyway, street, super slab, superhighway, thoroughfare, toll road, track, turnpike |
| Notes: | a highway is a main road; an expressway is a multilane highway; freeway, parkway, turnpike are types of expressways |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | boulevard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street, often lined with trees |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, drag, highway, passage, path, road, thoroughfare, track, way |
| Main Entry: | concourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passageway |
| Synonyms: | avenue, boulevard, entrance, foyer, hall, highway, lobby, lounge, meeting place, path, rallying point, road, street |
| Main Entry: | freeway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expressway |
| Synonyms: | artery, beltway, highway, interstate, parkway, road, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway |
| Main Entry: | lane |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | road |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, drive, expressway, highway, parkway, passage, pathway, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, turnpike |
| Main Entry: | path |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, way |
| Synonyms: | aisle, artery, avenue, beat, beaten path, boulevard, byway, crosscut, direction, drag, footpath, groove, highway, lane, line, pass, passage, pathway, procedure, rail, road, roadway, route, rut, shortcut, street, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, walk, walkway |
| Antonyms: | blockage |
| Main Entry: | road |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | street |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
| Synonyms: | artery, avenue, back alley, boulevard, byway, court, dead end, drag*, drive, highway, lane, parkway, passage, pavement, place, road, roadway, route, row, stroll, terrace, thoroughfare, track, trail, turf*, way |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | track |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, way |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, beaten path, boulevard, clearing, course, cut*, drag*, footpath, highway, lane, line, orbit, passage, pathway, rail, rails, road, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, trackway, trail, trajectory, walk |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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