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

Princeton's WordNetRate this synonym:2.8 / 5 votes

1. highway, main roadnoun

   a major road for any form of motor transport

   Synonyms:
   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. Gavin Heffernan:

   Some of my favorite spots were the Eureka Dunes at Death Valley, Mauna Kea Observatory in Hawaii, and the Enchanted Highway in North Dakota, there's lots of gems out there but my favorite spots are where you can imagine you're on another planet.

2. Park County:

   Due to some very quick and heroic work by Deputies, Highway Patrol and Paradise Valley Fire, the driver was rescued and brought to safety with no major injuries, outstanding work by all !

3. Nicole Meier:

   If its summertime and that deer has been sitting on the highway lets just say for more than like 10 or 15 minutes I would be super leery of it.

4. Public Safety commissioner:

   That’s why we built 285, y’ all, it’s the bypass. This morning, Atlanta’s MARTA transit system increased rail services to accommodate the expected increase in travelers. By mid-day MARTA CEO Keith Parker was reporting a 25 percent surge in ridership. With highway capacity already at a premium, the I-85 closure comes at a time of peak demand. This weekend, spring break gets underway for many area school students. And Friday evening, the Atlanta Braves will inaugurate their new stadium with a preseason game. During construction of the new stadium, critics questioned the impact the facility would have on traffic at its location near the junction of I-285 and I-75 in suburban Cobb County. Now that I-75 is the only northbound interstate out of downtown Atlanta, traffic plans will be put to the test. Despite the inconvenience, some residents and officials are putting Thursday’s disaster in perspective.

5. Ohio Gov. John Kasich:

   I'm just not going to pound the table on these things and say my way or the highway, i mean, I will on some things, but I better be careful about that. Because you know what -- I actually think about what it would be like to be president.