What is another word for roadway?
Synonyms for roadway
ˈroʊdˌweɪroad·way
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
roadway
Wherever there is room for one object to pass another there is a way. A road (originally a rideway) is a prepared way for traveling with horses or vehicles, always the latter unless the contrary is expressly stated; a way suitable to be traversed only by foot-passengers or by animals is called a path, bridle-path, or track; as, the roads in that country are mere bridle-paths. A road may be private; a highway or highroad is public, highway being a specific name for a road legally set apart for the use of the public forever; a highway may be over water as well as over land. A route is a line of travel, and may be over many roads. A street is in some center of habitation, as a city, town, or village; when it passes between rows of dwellings the country road becomes the village street. An avenue is a long, broad, and imposing or principal street. Track is a word of wide signification; we speak of a goat-track on a mountain-side, a railroad-track, a race-track, the track of a comet; on a traveled road the line worn by regular passing of hoofs and wheels in either direction is called the track. A passage is between any two objects or lines of enclosure, a pass commonly between mountains. A driveway is within enclosed grounds, as of a private residence. A channel is a waterway. A thoroughfare is a way through; a road or street temporarily or permanently closed at any point ceases for such time to be a thoroughfare. Compare AIR; DIRECTION.
Synonyms:
alley, avenue, bridle-path, channel, course, driveway, highroad, highway, lane, pass, passage, passageway, path, pathway, road, route, street, thoroughfare, track, way
Princeton's WordNet
roadwaynoun
a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel
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List of paraphrases for "roadway":
carriageway, pavement, road, causeway, highway, route, right-of-way
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
---|---|---|
#203 | way | |
#428 | course | |
#523 | street | |
#590 | road | |
#701 | track | |
#1193 | channel | |
#1493 | pass | |
#1790 | path | |
#2245 | avenue | |
#2532 | route | |
#3094 | lane | |
#3246 | highway | |
#5723 | passage | |
#10280 | pathway | |
#10719 | alley | |
#12733 | pavement | |
#16531 | driveway | |
#17093 | roadway | |
#30736 | causeway | |
#53355 | carriageway | |
#55139 | thoroughfare | |
#61033 | passageway | |
#193166 | highroad |
How to use roadway in a sentence?
Highway Patrol Trooper Dallas Thompson:
We believe they went into it in the dark, not knowing the roadway was flooded, and they were unable to get out.
If you stay off the roadway, this would never be an issue, those motorists are going about the lawful, legal exercise of their right to drive down the road….Those people didn’t ask to be in this.
Just like every other sign you see on the roadway, it’s in your vision when you’re driving, as long as they’re looking out front or to the sides and constantly moving, making sure they’re constantly scanning the roads, the message will clearly connect with them.
We found that living closer to a major roadway such as an interstate highway or a state highway is associated with almost two times the risk of having a communication delay by the time the baby is 3 years old, closer.
You can protest all you want, but you can’t protest up on a roadway. It’s dangerous for everybody.
Translations for roadway
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- Fahrbahn, Straße, StraßendammGerman
- calzadaSpanish
- chausséeFrench
- carreggiataItalian
- коловозMacedonian
- estradaPortuguese
- kolnikSerbo-Croatian
- yol şeridi, yolun ortasıTurkish
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