| Main Entry: | road |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path upon which travel occurs |
Synonyms: |
alley, artery, asphalt, avenue, back street, boulevard, byway, cobblestone, concrete, course, crossroad, direction, drag*, dragway, drive, expressway, highway, lane, line, main drag, parking lot, parkway, passage, pathway, pavement, pike, roadway, route, street, subway, terrace, thoroughfare, throughway, thruway, track, trail, turnpike, viaduct, way |
| Notes: | street comes from Latin strata 'something laid'; road is a general term, whereas street is narrower in sense and chiefly urban in application - a street typically has buildings on either side and is paved |
| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
Synonyms: |
admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, in, ingress, introduction, key, open arms, open door, passage, path, road, route, way |
Antonyms: |
egress, outlet |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, means of arriving |
Synonyms: |
access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way |
Antonyms: |
departure, distancing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | artery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel |
Synonyms: |
avenue, boulevard, canal, conduit, corridor, course, duct, highway, line, passage, pathway, road, route, sewer, thoroughfare, track, tube, way |
| Notes: | arteries carry clean oxygenated blood from the heart, veins return impure blood back to the heart, and capillaries connect the ends of arteries to the beginnings of veins |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
Synonyms: |
access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, parkway, passage, pathway, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way |
| Main Entry: | boulevard |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street, often lined with trees |
Synonyms: |
artery, avenue, drag, highway, passage, path, road, thoroughfare, track, way |
| Main Entry: | concourse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passageway |
Synonyms: |
avenue, boulevard, entrance, foyer, hall, highway, lobby, lounge, meeting place, path, rallying point, road, street |
| Main Entry: | course |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path, channel |
Synonyms: |
aisle, aqueduct, boards, byway, canal, circuit, conduit, direction, duct, flow, groove, itinerary, lap, line, movement, orbit, passage, range, road, route, run, rut, scope, stream, tack, track, trail, trajectory, watercourse, way |
| Main Entry: | direction |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course, route |
Synonyms: |
aim, angle, area, aspect, bearing, beeline, bent, bias, current, drift, end, inclination, line, objective, orientation, outlook, path, point of compass, proclivity, range, region, road, set, side, slant, spot, standpoint, stream, tack, tendency, that-a-way, tide, track, trajectory, trend, viewpoint, way |
Antonyms: |
deviation, misdirection, wrong way |
| Main Entry: | freeway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expressway |
Synonyms: |
artery, beltway, highway, interstate, parkway, road, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway |