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Synonyms for expressway

Most common

highway freeway motorway parkway express road ewy expwy

All synonyms

Noun

Other

express road, ewy, expwy, expy slang

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A divided highway, especially one whose intersections and direct access to adjacent properties have been eliminated.

Related words

Word family
expwy expy

Forms

Plural
expressways → freeways, motorways, highways, parkways…

Example sentences

  • highway How can we reduce the number of highway accidents?
  • freeway My car battery died in the middle of the freeway.
  • motorway His voice brings to mind the sound of the motorway.
  • parkway Stefan never takes that parkway at night.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
expresswayfalling
highwayfalling
freewayfalling
motorwayfalling
parkwayfalling

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
ewy2
4 letters
pike1, expy
5 letters
expwy
7 letters
highway2, freeway2, parkway2, thruway2
8 letters
motorway
9 letters
autoroute
10 letters
throughway2
12 letters
superhighway4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (ewy2 = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français
voie rapide
Deutsch
Schnellstraße