Synonyms for subway
ˈsʌbˌweɪsub·way

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:2.9 / 8 votes

1. metro, tube, underground, subway system, subwaynoun

   an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city)

   "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'"

   Synonyms:
   resistance, metro, electron tube, underground, thermionic vacuum tube, pipe, tubing, vacuum tube, tube-shaped structure, thermionic valve, underpass, subway system, thermionic tube, tube

2. underpass, subwaynoun

   an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway

   Synonyms:
   underground, metro, subway system, tube, underpass

Matched Categories

1. • Railway
   • Tunnel

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1. List of paraphrases for "subway":

   metro, underpass, mtr, underground, irt, tunnel, mtrc, train, mtrcl, mcclane, tube

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1. List of known nicknames for "Subway":

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1. Terry Pratchett, Moving Pictures:

   Of course, it is very important to be sober when you take an exam. Many worthwhile careers in the street- cleansing, fruit-picking and subway-guitar-playing industries have been founded on a lack of understanding of this simple fact.

2. Vani Hari:

   I thank Subway on the behalf of many to address this very critical public health issue, subway's commitment is a major wake up call to other restaurant chains not responsibly sourcing meat and will send shock waves through the entire meat industry.

3. De Blasio:

   If Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman're sick, Metropolitan Transportation Authority chairman shouldn't be going on the subway, if you are traveling by subway and the train that comes up is all packed and you can possibly wait for the next train in the hopes it might be less packed, please do.

4. Lewis Lapham:

   A society that presumes a norm of violence and celebrates aggression, whether in the subway, on the football field, or in the conduct of its business, cannot help making celebrities of the people who would destroy it.

5. New York:

   I have waited tables in restaurants. I have ridden the subway. I have walked the streets in New York City. And this kind of language is not new, i have tossed men out of bars that have used language like Mr. Yoho's, and I have encountered this type of harassment riding the subway in New York City. This is not new.