freeway
275
2.2
- noun
- /ˈfriːweɪ/
- US
:
autopista
- By the time I found my way back to the freeway, I was stuck in rush-hour traffic.
- freeway traffic
- drive on the freeway
- a freeway exit
Like he's flying over freeways, he's flying down Melrose.
- Like he's flying over freeways, he's flying down Melrose.
- So he gets off the freeway and he drives up a dirt Rd.
- That's when the brain is in first gear on the freeway.
- Why do they call it a freeway if you have to pay a toll to drive on it?
- Corvisia's proposition of building under the freeways in Algiers is not feasible anymore.
- Cody Bates is driving along the freeway.
- He helped build the Arroyo Seiko Seiko Freeway.
- And this is just a little bitty joint on the side of the freeway.
- They're in the parks and in the freeways asking for money.
Examples
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One afternoon, as I was driving home on the freeway, I noticed the beautiful sunset.
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A ribbon of traffic moves steadily by on a freeway in the distance.
Fiction book (1991) -
The hotel out by the freeway had a pool.
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Finding a major cross street, she made her way to the freeway and headed home.
Fiction book (1993) -
Every single car is doing sixty on the freeway, and you get a ticket for doing sixty.
Fiction book (1990) -
Construction of the new freeway is progressing rapidly, with an expected completion before 2008.
Academic text (2007) -
Drawings showed how a forthcoming freeway would snake throughout the Sacramento area.
Academic text (2017) -
Mitch lost Reiter's car when they got on the freeway, so he went back to the Mercedes.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lee and I were stuck in a traffic jam on the freeway during rush hour.
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If you look carefully, you will see the details of freeway on- and off-ramps everywhere.
Synonyms
629
1.0
A main road that connects big towns or cities for long trips
106
3.0
A major road that connects large cities in different states
43
2.8
A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or exit
11
3.2
A major road that connects cities in different US states
9
9.9
A wide highway for fast traffic that often has tolls
9
1.8
A wide road built for fast traffic with two or more lanes each way and few exits
5
4.1
A wide road for fast traffic with few places to enter or leave
5
3.5
A very wide road with many lanes for fast traffic
2
4.1
A wide road that lets cars and trucks travel fast without stoplights or intersections
Antonyms
3
1.6
A street that mainly lets people reach nearby homes and shops rather than pass through
How Fast
- US
275
2.2
- UK
9
1.8
629
1.0
35
1.1
- Specialized
1
1.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Freeway is simply free + way, where way means 'road' and free here means 'without stops'. So a freeway is a wide road for fast traffic with no intersections or traffic lights.