Synonyms for subway

Most common

tube · metro · underground railway · tunnel · underpass · rapid transit

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

Antonyms

overpass

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Definitions

1. n. 1

   An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).

2. n. 2

   An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.

   He is going to Westminster by subway.

Forms

Plural

subways → metros, tubes, underpasses, tunnels…

Example sentences

• tube Before putting the cables in, I lubricate the tube.
• metro You can get to the station either by bus or metro.
• tunnel The new tunnel will link Great Britain and France.
• underpass Tom was lying on a cardboard in an underpass, looking shabby.

Popularity over time

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

By length

4 letters

tube¹

5 letters

metro²

6 letters

tunnel²

9 letters

underpass³

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (metro² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français

métro

Italiano

metropolitana