highway

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Meaning

Synonyms

road
A2
🛣️
motorway
20k
🛣️
main road

public road

freeway
C2
thoroughfare
46k
high road
expressway
28k
route
B1
path
B1
🛣️
way
A1
roadway
48k
highroad
superhighway

state highway

turnpike
32k
motorway
20k
🛣️
street
A2
thruway
course
A1
interstate
C2
throughway

high-road

passage
C1
coming and going
pathway
22k
pike
C1
avenue
B2

country road

track
B1
speedway
36k

paved road

boulevard
C2
main line
main street

street traffic

autobahn
47k
freeway
C2
bus
A2
🚌
carriageway

correspondence

divided highway

federal motorway

generous
B2
lane
B2
liberal
C1

metalled road

pavement
C2

public way

run
A1
Translations

autoroute
autostrada
🛣️
Autobahn
🛣️
carretera
🛣️
route
🛣️
Landstraße
estrada
🛣️
autopista
🛣️
autosnelweg
🛣️
rodovia

αυτοκινητόδρομος

autopista
🛣️
snelweg

Fernstraße

Frequency

B2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈhaɪweɪ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle English
heiȝwai
Inherited from Old English
hēahweġ
Cognate with Scots
heaway
In summary

From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road. Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).

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