Synonyms for HIGHWAY
ˈhaɪˌweɪhigh·way

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1. highway

   Wherever there is room for one object to pass another there is a way. A road (originally a rideway) is a prepared way for traveling with horses or vehicles, always the latter unless the contrary is expressly stated; a way suitable to be traversed only by foot-passengers or by animals is called a path, bridle-path, or track; as, the roads in that country are mere bridle-paths. A road may be private; a highway or highroad is public, highway being a specific name for a road legally set apart for the use of the public forever; a highway may be over water as well as over land. A route is a line of travel, and may be over many roads. A street is in some center of habitation, as a city, town, or village; when it passes between rows of dwellings the country road becomes the village street. An avenue is a long, broad, and imposing or principal street. Track is a word of wide signification; we speak of a goat-track on a mountain-side, a railroad-track, a race-track, the track of a comet; on a traveled road the line worn by regular passing of hoofs and wheels in either direction is called the track. A passage is between any two objects or lines of enclosure, a pass commonly between mountains. A driveway is within enclosed grounds, as of a private residence. A channel is a waterway. A thoroughfare is a way through; a road or street temporarily or permanently closed at any point ceases for such time to be a thoroughfare. Compare AIR; DIRECTION.

   Synonyms:
   alley, avenue, bridle-path, channel, course, driveway, highroad, lane, pass, passage, passageway, path, pathway, road, roadway, route, street, thoroughfare, track, way

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1. highway, main roadnoun

   a major road for any form of motor transport

   Synonyms:
   highway, main road

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1. highwaynoun

   Synonyms:
   high-road, public road

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1. List of paraphrases for "highway":

   motorway, road, freeway, expressway, highways, autoroute, roads, hwy, superhighway, route, motorways, on-road, rapid, interstate, cty, roadway, routier

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1. Mitch McConnell:

   There’s so much emphasis on the most extreme bills that either party might pass with a simple majority. People forget that the Senate’s 60-vote threshold is the only reason that any routine, must-pass legislation is bipartisan except during divided government, big funding deals. Appropriations bills. Farm bills. Highway bills. The NDAA. The Senate’s 60-vote threshold backstops all of it. It’s not just about controversial items; it’s about everything we do.

2. Robert Bea:

   At this time, I do not think the movement of the footing for the pylon to the north was a primary factor in the failure. However, the movement of the footing led to the requirement for one of the temporary steel supports to be relocated to be able to travel on the highway.

3. Orrin Hatch:

   To get the highway bill paid for, it would be something that could not be done in this short time frame.

4. Trade The Senate:

   The U.S. highway system is crucial to our nation's economic well-being. It's how we move goods and services. It's central to American families who use our roads and bridges every day, congress must invest in working families and businesses by addressing nation's transportation needs.

5. Richard Reina:

   Fasten items in a way that they remain fastened to your car. Think about highway driving at 65 mph and ask yourself if the decoration would stay in place, if mounting anything on the grille, be sure that sufficient airflow is still able to enter the radiator to prevent engine overheating.