Need another word that means the same as “asphalt”? Find 15 synonyms and 30 related words for “asphalt” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Asphalt” are: mineral pitch, bitumen, tar, cover, surface, floor, top, finish, concrete, concrete over, flag, tile, tarmac, metal
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “asphalt” as a noun can have the following definitions:
bitumen | Any of various naturally occurring impure mixtures of hydrocarbons. A kilometre and a half of bitumen. |
mineral pitch | Solid homogeneous inorganic substances occurring in nature having a definite chemical composition. |
tar | A substance resembling tar formed by burning tobacco or other material. High tar cigarettes. |
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “asphalt” as a verb can have the following definitions:
concrete | Make real or concrete instead of abstract. The post is concreted into the ground. |
concrete over | Form into a solid mass; coalesce. |
cover | Provide with a covering or cause to be covered. She was covered in confusion. |
finish | Come or bring to a finish or an end. Dean finished well to put his team ahead. |
flag | Register a vessel in a particular country under whose flag it then sails. The disease was flagged up as a priority area for research. |
floor | Provide a room or area with a floor. That question floored him. |
metal | Make or mend a road with road metal. Several miles of the old road had been metalled with crushed stone. |
surface | Rise or come up to the surface of the water or the ground. I hope the list key is going to surface again. |
tar | Cover something with tar. Tar the roof. |
tarmac | Surface a road or other outdoor area with tarmac or a similar material. They ll be wanting to tarmac the path. |
tile | Cover with tiles. The lobby was tiled in blue. |
top | Be at the top of or constitute the top or highest point. Sliced and topped shots. |
avenue | A way of approaching a problem or making progress towards something. An avenue of limes. |
boulevard | A wide street in a town or city, typically one lined with trees. Sunset Boulevard. |
bridge | The central part of a pair of glasses fitting over the bridge of the nose. Her glasses left marks on the bridge of her nose. |
cement | Bind or join with or as if with cement. We cemented our friendship. |
concrete | Make real or concrete instead of abstract. Concrete objects like stones. |
crossing | The action of crossing something. The crossing of the Pennines. |
crossover | The process of achieving success in a different field or style, especially in popular music. A crossover study. |
crossroad | A junction where one street or road crosses another. |
crosswalk | A marked part of a road where pedestrians have right of way to cross; a pedestrian crossing. |
drawbridge | A bridge that can be raised to block passage or to allow boats or ships to pass beneath it. There was a rattle of chains as the drawbridge was lowered. |
driveway | A road leading up to a private house. One of the suspects backed a vehicle into the driveway. |
fordable | Shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle. The stream was fordable. |
highway | (chiefly in official use) a public road. The highway to success. |
intersection | A representation of common ground between theories or phenomena. The set of red hats is the intersection of the set of hats and the set of red things. |
junction | A point where two or more things are joined. The junction of Queen s Road and Lancaster Avenue. |
lamppost | A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight. |
lane | A route prescribed for or regularly followed by ships or aircraft. The car moved into the outside lane. |
masonry | Freemasonry. Masonry nails. |
path | A course of conduct. A vegetarian diet could be the path to a longer life. |
pave | A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows. Pave the roads in the village. |
pavement | Material used to pave an area. A pavement cafe. |
pedestrian | A person who travels by foot. The road is so dangerous pedestrians avoid it. |
road | The part of a road intended for vehicles especially in contrast to a verge or pavement. They waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction. |
roadway | A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel. |
route | Send via a specific route. The scenic route from Florence to Siena. |
sidewalk | A paved path for pedestrians at the side of a road; a pavement. |
skyway | A covered overhead walkway between buildings. Skyways from 18 000 to 40 000 feet resemble a highway system. |
street | The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction. The street kids of the city. |
tarmac | A runway or other area surfaced with tarmac or a similar material. The tarmac path. |
walkway | A passage or path for walking along, especially a raised passageway connecting different sections of a building or a wide path in a park or garden. |
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