motorway

Meaning

1. (Ireland, New-South-Wales, New-Zealand, UK) A highway with grade-separated crossings (rather than level crossings) and designed (and only permitted) for high-speed motor-traffic (in Europe motor vehicles with a higher speed limit than 40 km/h) running in two directions on one separate carriageway each.
2. (US) A racetrack venue designated especially for the sport of auto racing.

Synonyms

highway

freeway

expressway

motor road

state highway

throughway

thruway

superhighway

turnpike

pike

highway

speedway

super highway

interstate

road

🛣️

freeway

divided highway

autoroute

express way

interstate highway

pike

expressway

turnpike

thruway

state highway

throughway

superhighway

autobahn

Translations

autostrada

🛣️

Autobahn

🛣️

autoroute

autopista

🛣️

snelweg

autosnelweg

🛣️

αυτοκινητόδρομος

autoweg

autopista

🛣️

autobaan

🛣️

autovía

estrada

🛣️

otoyol

rodovia

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈməʊtəweɪ/

Etymology

From motor + way.