Antonyms for pavement
ˈpeɪv məntpave·ment

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. pavementnoun

   A paved footpath at the side of a road.

   Synonyms:
   sidewalk

2. pavementnoun

   Synonyms:
   roadway, road, paving, surface

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. pavement, pavingnoun

   the paved surface of a thoroughfare

   Synonyms:
   sidewalk, paving material, pavage, paving

2. paving, pavement, paving materialnoun

   material used to pave an area

   Synonyms:
   sidewalk, paving material, pavage, paving

3. sidewalk, pavementnoun

   walk consisting of a paved area for pedestrians; usually beside a street or roadway

   Synonyms:
   sidewalk, paving material, paving

Editors ContributionRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. cushion

   not a soft landing, non-cushioning

   “he fell on the pavement which was not a soft landing”

   Submitted by asantos052 on April 29, 2020  

How to use pavement in a sentence?

1. Wallace Anderson:

   They surrounded this vehicle so it couldn't back up and escape. At that point, the shots happened and a guy was dragged to the pavement.

2. Zoya Perevozchenko:

   I barely found my apartment, I mean it's a forest now - trees growing through the pavement, on the roofs. All the rooms are empty, the glass is gone from the windows and everything's destroyed.

3. Bart Treece:

   I've lived here most of my live and I've never seen it this hot, the issue of pavement buckling is not something that is specific to the Seattle area and Washington State. It's hard for us to be proactive because we don't really know where it will happen.

4. Jennifer Leyton:

   For me, the biggest difficulty about this uncertainty comes when I drop a bar of soap, or when I can't think of somebody's last name, or when I stumble over pavement. I think for a moment,' Oh no, I have the gene,' other than that, I'm not losing sleep over it. I'm OK.

5. Cecil Williams:

   One of the most terrible acts of violence I have ever seen was when a young lady student fell to the pavement and two Orangeburg city police begin clubbing her.

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