What is another word for highroads?

Pronunciation: [hˈa͡ɪɹə͡ʊdz] (IPA)

Highroads, also called highways or thoroughfares, are essential transportation routes that connect cities, towns, and other destinations. These roads are often paved and designed for high-speed travel, making them the most efficient way to move people and goods. Other synonyms for highroads include freeways, motorways, expressways, interstates, turnpikes, and autobahns. In some regions, highroads may also be referred to as main roads, arterial roads, or primary routes. With the construction of new highways and the expansion of existing ones, highroads have become a critical part of modern infrastructure, facilitating economic growth and societal advancement.

What are the hypernyms for Highroads?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Highroads

They possessed no church-manner: thus, when they spoke to one another here, they did so as naturally as when they were speaking in the fields or on the highroads.
"The Devil's Garden"
W. B. Maxwell
Climb the mountain or descend to the village, you will find none but yourself on the highroads of chance.
"Life and Writings of Maurice Maeterlinck"
Jethro Bithell
Like one of those nymphs to whom Don had detected her resemblance, Flamby, throughout the genial months, often betook herself at early morning to a certain woodland stream far from all beaten tracks and inaccessible from the highroads.
"The Orchard of Tears"
Sax Rohmer

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