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Synonyms for railroad
ˈreɪlˌroʊdrail·road

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  1. railroadnoun

    Synonyms:
    railway

  2. railroadnoun

    To transport via railroad.

    Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads

    Synonyms:
    railway

  3. railroadnoun

    To operate a railroad.

    The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly

    Synonyms:
    railway

  4. railroadnoun

    To work for a railroad.

    Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other

    Synonyms:
    railway

  5. railroadnoun

    To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

    The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

    Synonyms:
    railway

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun

    line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

    Synonyms:
    railway line, railway, line, railroad track, railway system, railroad line, rail line

  2. railroad track, railroad, railwayverb

    a line of track providing a runway for wheels

    "he walked along the railroad track"

    Synonyms:
    railway, railroad line, railway system, railway line, railroad track

  3. dragoon, sandbag, railroadverb

    compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

    "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

    Synonyms:
    stun, dragoon, sandbag

  4. railroadverb

    supply with railroad lines

    "railroad the West"

    Synonyms:
    dragoon, sandbag

  5. railroadverb

    transport by railroad

    Synonyms:
    dragoon, sandbag

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. railroadnoun

    Synonyms:
    railway

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. railroadnoun

    Synonyms:
    railway

  2. railroadverb

    Synonyms:
    hurry, rush

PPDB, the paraphrase database0.0 / 0 votes

  1. List of paraphrases for "railroad":

    railway, rail, railways, korail, iron

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How to use railroad in a sentence?

  1. Assistant Police Chief Jason Benites:

    The vehicle was actually straddling the railroad tracks.

  2. Chief Executive Officer Hunter Harrison:

    Presently this is kind of our last effort, the last thing we know to do and we hope it will work, if not we're going to go back and run our railroad.

  3. Robert Mann:

    Aviation is an incredible enabler of economic growth, both domestically and internationally, without it, you take it back to an almost agrarian economy, trying to operate with a railroad network.

  4. Loretta Lynch father:

    The good guys won. That's what has happened in this country all along, even during slavery. Levi Coffin was a founder of the Underground Railroad. Even during slavery. A white man fought against slavery. So all over this land good folks have stood in the right lane, in the right path.

  5. Amy Klobuchar:

    Someone suggested maybe I should tie Amy Klobuchar to a railroad track and then record this video and say' I won't move until I get all your donations,' in to a million dollars, but I'm not going to do that because I give it to you straight.


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