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

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

The synonyms of “Traffic” are: dealings, vehicles, cars, trucks, transport, transportation, movement of goods, movement of people, freight, shipping, conveyancing, trade, trading, trafficking, dealing, commerce, business, peddling, buying and selling, association, contact, communication, connection, relations, intercourse, deal, do business, peddle, bargain

Traffic as a Noun

Definitions of "Traffic" as a noun

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

• Vehicles moving on a public highway.
• The movement of ships, trains, aircraft, or pedestrians.
• Buying and selling; especially illicit trade.
• Social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with.
• The transportation of goods or passengers.
• The amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time.
• The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.
• Dealings or communication between people.
• The action of dealing or trading in something illegal.
• The messages or signals transmitted through a communications system.

Synonyms of "Traffic" as a noun (25 Words)

association	(often in names) a group of people organized for a joint purpose. An association agreement between Bulgaria and the EU.
business	Business concerns collectively. Business is good today.
buying and selling	The act of buying.
cars	A conveyance for passengers or freight on a cable railway. Three cars had jumped the rails.
commerce	Sexual intercourse. The changes in taxation are of benefit to commerce.
communication	The imparting or exchanging of information by speaking, writing, or using some other medium. At the moment I am in communication with London.
connection	An association of Methodist Churches. Ensure that all connections between the wires are properly made.
contact	Electronics a junction where things as two electrical conductors touch or are in physical contact. They have forged contacts with key people in business.
conveyancing	The action of preparing documents for the conveyance of property.
dealing	The activity of buying and selling a particular commodity. He has always been honest is his dealings with me.
dealings	Mutual dealings or connections or communications among persons or groups. He has always been honest is his dealings with me.
freight	A freight train. I can hear the regular wail of the twelve o clock freight from my house.
movement of goods	An optical illusion of motion produced by viewing a rapid succession of still pictures of a moving object.
movement of people	A major self-contained part of a symphony or sonata.
peddling	The activity of selling an illegal drug or stolen item. The peddling of fear is a lucrative business.
relations	A person related by blood or marriage.
shipping	Ships considered collectively, especially those in a particular area or belonging to a particular country. The shipping of his works abroad.
trade	A trade wind. As they say in the trade.
trading	The action or activity of buying and selling goods and services. Trading profits leapt.
trafficking	The aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.
transport	Something that serves as a means of transportation. Air transport.
transportation	The United States federal department that institutes and coordinates national transportation programs created in 1966. The sentence was one of transportation for life.
trucks	A handcart that has a frame with two low wheels and a ledge at the bottom and handles at the top; used to move crates or other heavy objects.
vehicles	A conveyance that transports people or objects. The play was just a vehicle to display her talents.

Usage Examples of "Traffic" as a noun

• Data traffic between remote workstations.
• The increased use of railways for goods traffic.
• Europe's air traffic.
• The traffic in stolen cattle.
• Heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines.
• A stream of heavy traffic.
• Traffic on the internet is lightest during the night.

Traffic as a Verb

Definitions of "Traffic" as a verb

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

• Deal illegally.
• Deal or trade in something illegal.
• Trade or deal a commodity.

Synonyms of "Traffic" as a verb (5 Words)

bargain	Be prepared for; expect. His determination not to bargain away any of the province s economic powers.
deal	Be concerned with. The government had been unable to deal with the economic crisis.
do business	Get (something) done.
peddle	Sell (an illegal drug or stolen item. He peddled printing materials around the country.
trade	Engage in the trade of. The stock traded around 20 a share.

Usage Examples of "Traffic" as a verb

• The government will vigorously pursue individuals who traffic in drugs.
• Traffic drugs.
• They trafficked with us for gold.

Associations of "Traffic" (30 Words)

bazaar	A street of small shops (especially in Orient. The church bazaar.
beacon	A hill suitable for a beacon. A chain of beacons carried the news.
bottleneck	Become narrow like a bottleneck. His laziness has bottlenecked our efforts to reform the system.
bumper-to-bumper	A mechanical device consisting of bars at either end of a vehicle to absorb shock and prevent serious damage.
car	A railway carriage. The first class cars.
caravan	Travel in a caravan. They spent a fishing holiday in a caravan.
coach	Drive a coach. Fly or coach to the shores of the Mediterranean.
commuter	A person who travels some distance to work on a regular basis. A fault on the line caused widespread delays for commuters.
congested	Overfull as with blood. The congested streets of the West End.
congestion	Excessive crowding. Traffic congestion.
crossover	The appropriation of a new style (especially in popular music) by combining elements of different genres in order to appeal to a wider audience. A jazz classical crossover album.
crowded	Overfilled or compacted or concentrated. A young mother s crowded days.
derail	Cause (a train or tram) to leave its tracks accidentally. The trams had a tendency to derail on sharp corners.
gear	Design or adjust the gears in a machine to give a specified speed or power output. Now the champions moved up a gear.
jam	A hold obtained by jamming a part of the body such as a hand or foot into a crack in the rock. I m in a jam.
jammed	Filled to capacity. A suitcase jammed with dirty clothes.
nonporous	Not porous; especially not having vessels that appear as pores.
occlude	Cover (an eye) to prevent its use. Occluded within these crystals are other molecules.
oncoming	Due to happen soon. The oncoming winter.
overcrowd	Cause to crowd together too much. Employees were assigned to make sure people didn t overcrowd the escalators.
packed	Pressed together or compressed. A packed theater.
pressed	Flattened, shaped, or smoothed by the application of pressure, typically from an iron. Pressed flowers.
slow	At a slow tempo. Please go slow so I can see the sights.
subway	An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway. In Paris the subway system is called the metro and in London it is called the tube or the underground.
teeming	Abundantly filled with especially living things. The Third World s teeming millions.
thick	Not thin of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions. Thick crowds.
thickly	(with reference to an accent) in a way that is very marked and difficult to understand. Thickly sliced bread.
throng	(of a crowd) fill or be present in (a place or area. A throng of birds.
train	Travel by rail or train. Don t train your camera on the women.
vehicle	A film, television programme, song, etc. that is intended to display the leading performer to the best advantage. The play was just a vehicle to display her talents.