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

Need another word that means the same as “street”? Find 3 synonyms and 30 related words for “street” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Street” are: road, thoroughfare, way

Street as a Noun

Definitions of "Street" as a noun

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

• A public road in a city, town, or village, typically with houses and buildings on one or both sides.
• Denoting someone who is homeless.
• The streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction.
• The part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel.
• People living or working on the same street.
• The roads or public areas of a city or town.
• Wall Street.
• Relating to the outlook, values, or lifestyle of those young people who are perceived as composing a fashionable urban subculture.
• A situation offering opportunities.
• A thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings.

Synonyms of "Street" as a noun (3 Words)

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.
thoroughfare	A main road in a town. A scheme to stop the park being used as a thoroughfare.
way	A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. Christine tried to follow but Martin blocked her way.

Usage Examples of "Street" as a noun

• The street kids of the city.
• She tried to keep her children off the street.
• They walked the streets of the small town.
• He worked both sides of the street.
• 45 Lake Street.
• Cooperation is a two-way street.
• London street style.
• Be careful crossing the street.
• Every week, fans stop me in the street.
• The whole street protested the absence of street lights.
• The narrow, winding streets of Edinburgh.

Associations of "Street" (30 Words)

alley	A path lined with trees, bushes, or stones. There were a few muggings in the backstreets and alleys.
asphalt	Mixed asphalt and crushed gravel or sand used especially for paving but also for roofing. Asphalt the driveway.
avenue	A line of approach. Three possible avenues of research suggested themselves.
bottleneck	Become narrow like a bottleneck. His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.
boulevard	A wide street or thoroughfare. Sunset Boulevard.
crisscross	A marking that consists of lines that cross each other. Crisscross the sheet of paper.
cross	Trace a line through or across. Cross the cables in opposing directions.
crossing	The action of crossing something. The cathedral has a lantern tower over the crossing.
crossover	Relating to or denoting trials of medical treatment in which experimental subjects and control groups are exchanged after a set period. A crossover study.
crossroad	A junction where one street or road crosses another.
crosswalk	A path (often marked) where something (as a street or railroad) can be crossed to get from one side to the other.
delineation	A graphic or vivid verbal description. The eventual delineation of the border between the two states.
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.
intersect	Meet at a point. The area is intersected only by minor roads.
intersection	A junction where one street or road crosses another. A red light at the intersection with Brompton Road.
junction	The action or fact of joining or being joined. The junction of two roundels produces a triangular space.
lamppost	A metal post supporting an outdoor lamp (such as a streetlight.
lane	Each of a number of parallel strips of track or water for runners, rowers, or swimmers in a race. The innermost dust lane is dense enough to absorb some infrared.
lineation	The division of text into lines. Magnetic lineations.
overlap	A part or amount which overlaps. Our vacations overlap.
partially	To some extent; in some degree; not wholly. A partially open door.
pave	A setting with precious stones so closely set that no metal shows. Pave the roads in the village.
pavement	A raised paved or asphalted path for pedestrians at the side of a road. A pavement cafe.
pedestrian	Lacking wit or imagination. A pedestrian bridge.
road	A railroad. The road to fame.
roadway	A road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel.
route	Send via a specific route. Proposals have been put forward for a new route around the south of the town.
sidewalk	A paved path for pedestrians at the side of a road; a pavement.
thoroughfare	A road or path forming a route between two places. The teeming thoroughfares of central London.