Synonyms for freeway
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Expressway — A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for…
expressway CA, highway, parkway US, autoroute, controlled-access highway, autobahn, limited-access highway
2. Superhighway
superhighway, pike, thruway US, throughway UK
Definitions
- n. 1
A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic running in two directions on one separate carriageway each
- n. 2
A toll-free highway.
Forms
- Plural
- freeways → expressways, highways, parkways, autoroutes…
Example sentences
- highway How can we reduce the number of highway accidents?
- autobahn There's no speed limit on the Autobahn in Germany.
By length
- 4 letters
- pike1
- 7 letters
- highway2, parkway2, thruway2
- 8 letters
- autobahn3
- 9 letters
- autoroute
- 10 letters
- expressway3, throughway2
- 12 letters
- superhighway4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (highway2 = 2 syllables).