Thoroughfare

Synonyms for "thoroughfare" (79 found)

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Closest matches (16)

Strong matches (24)

Related words (39)

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6 relation types

More general

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at location

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derived from

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is a

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related to

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used for

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Translations

77 translations across 18 languages.

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Ancient Greek

1 entries
  • διέξοδος noun (road open at both ends)

Arabic

1 entries
  • شَارِع رَئِيسِيّ noun (road open at both ends)

Armenian

4 entries
  • անցում noun (way through)
  • բանուկ փողոց noun (road open at both ends)
  • լայն փողոց noun (road open at both ends)
  • ջրային ուղի noun (waterway)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • пътна артерия noun (road open at both ends)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 主路 noun (road open at both ends)
  • 大道 noun (road open at both ends)
  • 康衢 noun (road open at both ends)
  • 水道 noun (waterway)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doorgaande weg noun (road open at both ends)
  • doorgang noun (way through)
  • doorgangsweg noun (road open at both ends)
  • passage noun (way through)

Finnish

4 entries
  • kulkureitti noun (way through)
  • läpikulkutie noun (way through)
  • pääkatu noun (road open at both ends)
  • päätie noun (road open at both ends)

French

4 entries
  • artère noun (road open at both ends)
  • grand-rue noun (road open at both ends)
  • passage noun (way through)
  • voie navigable noun (waterway)

Georgian

4 entries
  • განიერი ქუჩა noun (road open at both ends)
  • გასავალი noun (way through)
  • გასასვლელი noun (way through)
  • სატრანსპორტო მაგისტრალი noun (road open at both ends)

German

4 entries
  • Durchfahrt noun (way through)
  • Durchgangsstraße noun (way through)
  • Durchgangsstraße noun (road open at both ends)
  • Hauptverkehrsstraße noun (road open at both ends)

Greek

3 entries
  • δίοδος noun (way through)
  • λεωφόρος noun (road open at both ends)
  • πορθμός noun (waterway)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • aðalbraut noun (way through)

Japanese

4 entries
  • 大通り noun (road open at both ends)
  • 目抜き通り noun (road open at both ends)
  • 通り抜け noun (way through)
  • 通路 noun (way through)

Polish

3 entries
  • droga przelotowa noun (road open at both ends)
  • droga wodna noun (waterway)
  • przejście noun (way through)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • hidrovia noun (waterway)
  • passagem noun (way through)
  • via pública noun (road open at both ends)

Russian

4 entries
  • автомагистра́ль noun (road open at both ends)
  • автостра́да noun (road open at both ends)
  • во́дная магистра́ль noun (waterway)
  • во́дный путь noun (waterway)

Spanish

4 entries
  • canal noun (waterway)
  • pasaje noun (way through)
  • vía de comunicación f gran rúa noun (road open at both ends)
  • vía pública noun (road open at both ends)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • lối đi noun (way through)
  • đường lớn noun (road open at both ends)
  • đường phố lớn noun (road open at both ends)
  • đường thuỷ noun (waterway)

Sample sentences

15 total sentences available.

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Behind the palace, unobserved and free, / there stood a door, a secret thoroughfare / through Priam's halls. Here poor Andromache / while Priam's kingdom flourished and was fair, / to greet her husband's parents would repair / alone, or carrying with tendance fain / to Hector's father Hector's son and heir.

Source: tatoeba (6830581)

In Seoul, for example, a major elevated thoroughfare through the center of the city has been removed, opening up access to the river and lowering urban heat in the area by at least half a degree Celsius.

Source: tatoeba (7011558)

This is not a thoroughfare.

Source: tatoeba (9962942)

No thoroughfare to the beach.

Source: tatoeba (10091534)

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