road

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

n. way, path, track, passage, highway, roadway, thoroughfare, trail; anchorage. See abode.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

1. [A strip prepared for travel]

Syn. path, way, highway, roadway, street, avenue, thoroughfare, boulevard, highroad, drive, terrace, parkway, artery, byway, lane, alley, alleyway, crossroad, viaduct, underpass, overpass, causeway, paving, slab, towpath, throughway, thruway, freeway, expressway, turnpike, toll road, divided highway, superhighway, trace, trackway, trail, post road, secondary road, shunpike, market road, national highway, state highway, interstate, Autobahn (German), autostrada (Italian), drag*, main drag*.

Types of roads include: tar, blacktop, macadam, Tarvia (trademark), asphalt, concrete, brick, gravel, oiled gravel, dirt, graded earth, wood block, cobblestone, clay and sand, graded and drained, corduroy.

2. [A course]

Syn. scheme, way, path; see plan 2 , way 2 .

• on the road,

Syn. on tour, traveling, on the way; see en route , traveling 2 .

• one for the road*,

Syn. cocktail, nightcap, quickie*; see drink 2 .

• take to the road,

Syn. go, get underway, set out; see leave 1 , travel 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.

street, avenue, lane, thoroughfare, track, boulevard, highway, freeway, parkway, causeway, expressway, turnpike, interstate, route, *main drag, artery, alley, pavement.

WORD FIND

• bump to check speed: speedbump

• circle: rotary, cloverleaf, roundabout, circus

• cliff edge road: corniche

• concrete highway divider: jersey barrier

• curve: ess, hairpin

• dead-end: cul-de-sac, blind alley, impasse

• descriptive: ribbon

• dividing area of highway: median strip, island

• edge: shoulder

• elevated: skyway

• French: rue

• German expressway with no speed limit: autobahn

• German: strasse

• hole: chuckhole, pothole

• overhead crossover: overpass

• paving material: macadam, cobblestone, gravel, blacktop, asphalt

• ringing a city: beltway

• shoulder: berm

• smoothing vehicle: grader, steamroller

• Spanish: via

• traffic jam: gridlock

• zigzagging mountain road: switchback

see automobile

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun A course affording passage from one place to another: avenue, boulevard, drive, expressway, freeway, highway, path, roadway, route, street, superhighway, thoroughfare, thruway, turnpike, way. See MOVE, OPEN.