Categories: GeneralSynonyms

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

PDF Version

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

Table Of Contents:

Street as a Noun
Definitions of "Street" as a noun
Synonyms of "Street" as a noun (3 Words)
Usage Examples of "Street" as a noun
Associations of "Street" (30 Words)

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.