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traffic

[traf-ik] / ˈtræf ɪk /
NOUN
coming and going
Synonyms
STRONGEST
freight gridlock influx movement service shipment transit transport transportation travel
STRONG
cartage flux jam passage passengers transfer truckage vehicles
WEAK
parking lot rush hour
Antonyms
STRONGEST
indifference
NOUN
buying and selling
Synonyms
STRONGEST
business commerce communication industry trade truck
STRONG
barter closeness communion connection custom dealing dealings doings exchange familiarity interchange intercourse intimacy patronage peddling relations relationship soliciting transactions
WEAK
merchantry
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unemployment
STRONG
antagonism disagreement
VERB
buy and sell; do business
Synonyms
STRONG
bargain barter bootleg contact deal dicker exchange fence handle interact interface market moonshine negotiate network peddle push relate shove swap touch trade truck
WEAK
black market connect with deal in have dealings have transaction horse-trade make a deal reach out touch base work out
Antonyms
STRONG
buy conceal hide hold keep pull

Example Sentences

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Oil prices climbed back near $90 in Sunday futures trading, while stock-index futures fell nearly 1%, amid weekend uncertainty over whether the Strait of Hormuz was open to shipping traffic and after the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 20, 2026

But the story changed over the weekend and today vessel traffic in the Strait of Hormuz was back to a virtual standstill.

From Barron's • Apr. 20, 2026

His car veered into the wrong lane of traffic as a group of nearly 80 recruits ran along Mills Avenue.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026

Thirteen years was how long Gunther had worked directing traffic at this grove, he told me.

From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026

After they merged into traffic, Doc glanced at Coal.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste