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ROAD: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for ROAD?

Need another word that means the same as “road”? Find 13 synonyms and 30 related words for “road” in this overview.

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Road as a Noun
Definitions of "Road" as a noun
Synonyms of "Road" as a noun (13 Words)
Usage Examples of "Road" as a noun
Associations of "Road" (30 Words)

The synonyms of “Road” are: route, highway, thoroughfare, roadway, way, path, direction, course, anchorage, harbour, port, mooring, roads

Road as a Noun

Definitions of "Road" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “road” as a noun can have the following definitions:

A regular trade route for a particular commodity.
A railroad.
A way or means to achieve something.
A railway track, especially as clear (or otherwise) for a train to proceed.
A partly sheltered stretch of water near the shore in which ships can ride at anchor.
An underground passage or gallery in a mine.
An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.
A particular course or direction taken or followed.
A series of events or a course of action that will lead to a particular outcome.
The part of a road intended for vehicles, especially in contrast to a verge or pavement.
A wide way leading from one place to another, especially one with a specially prepared surface which vehicles can use.

Synonyms of "Road" as a noun (13 Words)

anchorage	An anchorite’s dwelling place. The plant needs a firm anchorage.
course	An area of land set aside and prepared for racing, golf, or another sport. He took a course* in basket weaving.*
direction	Something that provides direction or advice as to a decision or course of action. He checked the direction* and velocity of the wind.*
harbour	A place of refuge. A curved breakwater was built of large stones to construct a small harbour.
highway	(chiefly in official use) a public road. A six lane highway.
mooring	A place where a craft can be made fast. The great ship slipped her moorings and slid out into the Atlantic.
path	An established line of travel or access. Genius usually follows a revolutionary path.
port	A place seaport or airport where people and merchandise can enter or leave a country. The French port* of Toulon.*
roads	An open way (generally public) for travel or transportation.
roadway	A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.
route	An established line of travel or access. Proposals have been put forward for a new route* around the south of the town.*
thoroughfare	A road or path forming a route between two places. The teeming thoroughfares of central London.
way	A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. Get out of my way.

Usage Examples of "Road" as a noun

Clara had to walk in the road to avoid black plastic rubbish sacks.
Boston Roads.
He's well on the road to recovery.
He had to work in a road about six feet wide.
The Silk Road across Asia to the West.
The shipment of freight by road.
The low road of apathy and alienation.
A country road.
A road accident.
They live at 15 Park Road.
The road to fame.
They waited for a clear road at Hellifield Junction.

Associations of "Road" (30 Words)

asphalt	Mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand used especially for paving but also for roofing. Asphalt the driveway.
avenue	A tree-lined approach to a country house or similar building. Three possible avenues of research suggested themselves.
boulevard	A wide street or thoroughfare. Sunset Boulevard.
crisscross	Crossing one another in opposite directions. Wrinkles crisscrossed her face.
cross	Draw a line or lines across mark with a cross. A right cross.
crossing	The action of crossing something. A short ferry crossing.
crossover	Relating to or denoting trials of medical treatment in which experimental subjects and control groups are exchanged after a set period. A jazz classical crossover* album.*
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.
delineation	The action of indicating the exact position of a border or boundary. The artist s exquisite delineation* of costume and jewellery.*
drawbridge	A bridge, especially one over a castle’s moat, which is hinged at one end so that it may be raised to prevent people crossing or to allow vessels to pass under it. There was a rattle of chains as the drawbridge* was lowered.*
fordable	Shallow enough to be crossed by walking or riding on an animal or in a vehicle. The stream was fordable.
highway	A major road for any form of motor transport. The highway* to success.*
intersect	(of two or more things) pass or lie across each other. The area is intersected only by minor roads.
intersection	A point at which two or more things intersect, especially a road junction. The intersection* of a plane and a cone.*
jaywalk	Cross the road at a red light. You jaywalked across a busy four lane street.
junction	A region of transition in a semiconductor between a part where conduction is mainly by electrons and a part where it is mainly by holes. The junction* of Queen s Road and Lancaster Avenue.*
lamppost	A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight.
lane	Each of a number of notional parallel strips in the gel of an electrophoresis plate, occupied by a single sample. The shipping lanes of the South Atlantic.
overlap	A part or amount which overlaps. The curtains overlap* at the centre when closed.*
path	A definition of the order in which an operating system or program searches for a file or executable program. Genius usually follows a revolutionary path.
pavement	The paved surface of a thoroughfare. He fell and hit his head on the pavement.
pedestrian	Lacking wit or imagination. Disenchantment with their pedestrian* lives.*
roadway	The part of a bridge or railway used by traffic.
route	Send via a specific route. The scenic route* from Florence to Siena.*
sidewalk	Walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway.
skyway	A raised motorway. A second storey skyway* links the two shops.*
street	People living or working on the same street. The street* kids of the city.*
walker	New Zealand runner who in 1975 became the first person to run a mile in less that 3 minutes and 50 seconds (born in 1952. A fell walker.
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.