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Definitions

road

[rohd] / roʊd /
NOUN
path upon which travel occurs
Synonyms
STRONGEST
artery avenue boulevard course drive expressway highway lane line parking lot pathway pavement roadway route street subway thoroughfare track trail way
STRONG
alley asphalt byway cobblestone concrete crossroad direction drag parkway passage pike terrace throughway thruway turnpike viaduct
WEAK
back street dragway main drag

Example Sentences

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But under Heppner, a defendant who uses the same technology to prepare his own defense has created a road map the prosecution can seize.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 6, 2026

This is not a road map for 2028.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 6, 2026

Around sunset on Sept. 22, six days after Cynthia was last seen, a rural landowner was walking her dog on a private dirt road 40 miles south of Arlington when she noticed a foul odor.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

County Londonderry hotel owner Selina Horshi said "it is really challenging" especially as her "international competitors are actually only three miles down the road" in Donegal.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

We take off down the curvy dirt road that leads to the highway.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.