Antonyms for railroad
ˈreɪlˌroʊdrail·road

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1. railroadnoun

   Synonyms:
   railway

2. railroadnoun

   To transport via railroad.

   Many railroads roughly follow the trace of older land - and/or water roads

   Synonyms:
   railway

3. railroadnoun

   To operate a railroad.

   The Thatcherite experiment proved the private sector can railroad as inefficiently as a state monopoly

   Synonyms:
   railway

4. railroadnoun

   To work for a railroad.

   Railroads can only compete fully if their tracks are technically compatible with and linked to each-other

   Synonyms:
   railway

5. railroadnoun

   To engage in a hobby pertaining to railroads.

   The lawyers made the procedure a railroad to get the signatures they needed.

   Synonyms:
   railway

Matched Categories

1. • Coerce
   • Supply
   • Transport

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. railway, railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway systemnoun

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

   Synonyms:
   railway line, railway, line, railroad track, railway system, railroad line, rail line

2. railroad track, railroad, railwayverb

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   "he walked along the railroad track"

   Synonyms:
   railway, railroad line, railway system, railway line, railroad track

3. dragoon, sandbag, railroadverb

   compel by coercion, threats, or crude means

   "They sandbagged him to make dinner for everyone"

   Synonyms:
   stun, dragoon, sandbag

4. railroadverb

   supply with railroad lines

   "railroad the West"

   Synonyms:
   dragoon, sandbag

5. railroadverb

   transport by railroad

   Synonyms:
   dragoon, sandbag

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1. railroadnoun

   Synonyms:
   railway

2. railroadverb

   Synonyms:
   hurry, rush

How to use railroad in a sentence?

1. Passenger Megan Vandervest:

   We kind of thought maybe the car behind us had slightly come off or something like that, but it ended up being much, much worse and a lot more jarring to see when we got off the train, the car behind ours was slightly off and then the one behind that was kind of in between two sets of railroad tracks, and the one behind that one had like completely tipped over and fallen over and that was kind of the most shocking part.

2. Amy Klobuchar:

   Someone suggested maybe I should tie Amy Klobuchar to a railroad track and then record this video and say' I won't move until I get all your donations,' in to a million dollars, but I'm not going to do that because I give it to you straight.

3. Representative Bill Shuster:

   I do not believe it is in the best interests of the U.S. freight transportation system, railroad employees, rail shippers and the short line railroads, i have expressed my concerns to the appropriate federal agency and I believe it is time for all parties to move on from hypothetical merger proposals and focus on improving the transportation of goods and products to help grow the American economy.

4. Joss Whedon:

   Then I was told that I had said something about her dead body and tying her to the railroad track.

5. John Boehner:

   I'm in full agreement this is not the way to run a railroad, but remember the alternative.

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