Thesaurus:road

Thesaurus

road

English

Noun

Sense: narrow strip of land made suitable for travel between places

Synonyms

• frog (Cockney rhyming slang)
• frog and toad (Cockney rhyming slang)
• marg (India)
• road
• street    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hypernyms

• infrastructure
• way    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• access road
• alley    [⇒ thesaurus]
• alleyway
• autobahn
• avenue
• back road
• beaten track
• beaten path
• blacktop (US)
• boulevard
• bridle path
• bridle road
• bridle track
• bypass
• byroad
• byway
• carriageway
• causeway
• corduroy road
• corniche
• crescent
• crossroad
• cul-de-sac
• dirt road
• dirt track
• driveway
• dual carriageway
• expressway
• flyover (UK)
• freeway (US)
• high road
• high street
• highway
• horse road
• interstate (US)
• lane
• layby
• main drag
• mews
• motorway
• one-way street
• pass
• parade (UK)
• slip road
• slipway
• speedway
• thoroughfare
• toll road
• track
• turnpike
• ring road
• roadway
• viaduct

Meronyms

• asphalt
• asphalt concrete
• chipseal
• cobble
• concrete
• flags
• flagstone
• gravel
• tarmac
• tarmacadam
• ballast
• camber
• cant
• grade
• roadbed
• slope    [⇒ thesaurus]

Various

• curb    [⇒ thesaurus]
• gutter
• kerb
• roadside
• road sign
• street sign
• traffic light
• wayside

See also

• Category:Roads

Further reading

• “road” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “road” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.