Synonyms for thruway
- noun
- American English
Most common
Definitions
- n. 1
(Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
Related words
- Other spellings
- throughway UK
Forms
- Plural
- thruways → pikes, freeways, motorways, expressways…
Example sentences
- pike Tom caught a pike that was sixty centimetres long.
- freeway My car battery died in the middle of the freeway.
- motorway His voice brings to mind the sound of the motorway.
- expressway People from the expressway cannot see Ziri's tent.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| thruway | falling | |
| pike | falling | |
| freeway | falling | |
| motorway | falling | |
| expressway | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- pike1
- 7 letters
- freeway2
- 8 letters
- motorway
- 10 letters
- expressway3
- 12 letters
- superhighway4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (freeway2 = 2 syllables).