Traffic

/ˈtɹæfɪk/

Synonyms for "traffic" (119 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (24)

answerbalance of tradebargainbarterbe inbig businessblack-marketbootlegbusinessbusiness dealingsbuy and sellcarrychangeclosenesscommercecommercial affairscommercial relationscommunicationcommunioncongress
Show 4 more words
connectioncontactconversationconverse

Strong matches (36)

Noun(6 words)
conveydata loaddata trafficdeal illegallydealingsillicit trade

Related words (59)

mercantile businessmerchandisemerchantrymessagemoonshinemovementmultilateral tradepassagepatronagepushreciprocal traderelationsrelationshipreplyresponserestraint of traderetailsalesellshipping
Show 28 more words
shovesmall businesssocial intercoursespeakingspeechspeech circuitspeech situationswapswap horsesswitchtake in exchangetalkingtelepathythe business worldthe marketplacetouchtradetrade intrade offtrade sight unseentraffic intransporttransportationtraveltrucktwo-way communicationunilateral tradewholesale
Noun(11 words)
movenetwork trafficpeddlepimproad trafficsmugglingtraffickingtransporttravelvehicle movementvehicular flow

Choosing the right synonym

  • Closest matches in this entry: answer, balance of trade, bargain, barter, be in.
  • Sentence evidence is available for traffic, so synonym choice can be checked against real usage rather than a flat word list.
  • Ranking signals come from moby, opengloss, wordnet, derived_reverse, and related lexical sources.

Synonym selection checklist

  • Match the part of speech before comparing meanings.
  • Check whether the synonym changes intensity, formality, or emotional tone.
  • Read the replacement inside the full sentence, not just beside "traffic".
  • Prefer the clearest word over the most unusual word when writing for speed or comprehension.

When not to replace "traffic"

Keep "traffic" when the sentence already sounds natural, when a synonym would add unintended emphasis, or when readers need the most familiar wording. A synonym should clarify or sharpen the message, not simply make the sentence look more varied.

If two options seem close, choose the one that best matches the audience and purpose of the sentence.

Replacement workflow

1. Preserve meaning

Choose a synonym only if it keeps the core idea of "traffic" intact in the sentence you are editing.

2. Tune tone

Check whether the replacement sounds more formal, casual, emotional, technical, or forceful than the original word.

3. Re-read context

Read the full sentence after the swap. Keep the synonym only when the sentence becomes clearer or more precise.

Review note: Synonym lists are ranked with lexical data and reviewed for practical writing value. Use the comparison notes, sentence evidence, and source labels together; a high-ranking synonym can still be wrong when the audience, register, or grammar changes.

Final fit check

After choosing a replacement for "traffic", read the sentence once for meaning and once for rhythm. The best synonym should feel natural in the full sentence, not only accurate in a word list.

If the synonym makes the sentence slower, vaguer, or more dramatic than intended, keep "traffic" or choose a simpler alternative from the closest-match group.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

24 entries

Showing 16 of 24 words.

More specific

17 entries
air freightarms traffickingbulk trafficcirculatedrug traffickinghuman traffickingintermodal shippingpacket trafficpedestrian trafficsea freighttraffic congestiontraffic densitytraffic volumetraversevideo trafficvoice traffic

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

9 entries
heavy traffictraffic congestiontraffic densitytraffic flowtraffic jamtraffic lawtraffic managementtraffic signaltraffic ticket

Inflections

3 entries

Derivations

5 entries

Translations

142 translations across 76 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • trafik noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Amharic

1 entries
  • ትራፊክ noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُرُور noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Armenian

3 entries
  • երթեւեկություն noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • երթևեկություն noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • երթևեկում noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • hərəkət noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • yol hərəkəti noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Bashkir

2 entries
  • хәрәкәт noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • юл хәрәкәте noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Basque

1 entries
  • trafiko noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Bavarian German

2 entries
  • Vakea noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • Vakea noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Belarusian

3 entries
  • рух noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фік noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фік noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • движе́ние noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фик noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Burmese

1 entries
  • အသွားအလာ noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Catalan

3 entries
  • circulació noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • tràfic noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • trànsit noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 交通 noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 交通 noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • 流量 noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Czech

2 entries
  • doprava noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • provoz noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Danish

2 entries
  • færdsel noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafik noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Dutch

2 entries
  • verkeer noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • verkeer noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • trafiko noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Estonian

1 entries
  • liiklus noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Finnish

2 entries
  • liikenne noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • tietoliikenne noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

French

2 entries
  • circulation noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafic noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Galician

1 entries
  • tráfico noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოძრაობა noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

German

4 entries
  • Datenverkehr noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • Personenverkehr noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • Verkehr noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • Verkehr noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • עומס noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • תְּנוּעָה noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Hindi

4 entries
  • परिवहन noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • यातायात noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • संपर्क noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • संवाद noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • forgalom noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • umferð noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Ido

1 entries
  • trafiko noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • lalu lintas noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Iranian Persian

3 entries
  • تَرَدُّد noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • تِرافیک noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • عُبور و مُرور noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Irish

1 entries
  • trácht noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Italian

3 entries
  • traffico noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • traffico noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • viabilità noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Japanese

3 entries
  • トラフィック noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • 交信 noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • 交通 noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қозғалыс noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Khmer

1 entries
  • ចរាចរ noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Korean

3 entries
  • 교신 noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • 교통 noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • 트래픽 noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • кыймыл noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຈາລະຈອນ noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Latin

1 entries
  • transitus noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Latvian

1 entries
  • satiksme noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • eismas noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • соо́браќај noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • соо́браќај noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Malay

2 entries
  • lalu lintas noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafik noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Malayalam

1 entries
  • ഗതാഗതം noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Marathi

1 entries
  • रहदारी noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Māori

1 entries
  • whitirau noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Norman

1 entries
  • trafi noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • ferdsel noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafikk noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • ferdsel noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafikk noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Polish

4 entries
  • komunikacja noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • komunikacja noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • ruch drogowy noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • ruch uliczny noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • tráfego noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • tráfego noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • trânsito noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trânsito noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Romanian

3 entries
  • circulație noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • circulație rutieră noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafic noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Russian

3 entries
  • движе́ние noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фик noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фик noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Scots

4 entries
  • traffec noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • traffec noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • traffeck noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • traffeck noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • trafaig noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • prómet noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • sȁobraćāj noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • про́мет noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • са̏обраћа̄ј noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • curtigghiu noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)
  • tràficu noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • tràficu noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Slovak

1 entries
  • doprava noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Slovene

1 entries
  • promet noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Spanish

3 entries
  • circulación noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • tráfico noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • tránsito noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Swedish

3 entries
  • samfärdsel noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafik noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafik noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • trapiko noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Tajik

1 entries
  • ҳаракат noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Tamil

1 entries
  • திரக்கு noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Tatar

2 entries
  • хәрәкәт noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • юл хәрәкәте noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Thai

1 entries
  • จราจร noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ትራፊክ noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Turkish

2 entries
  • seyrüsefer noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • trafik noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • рух noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фік noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • тра́фік noun (exchange or flux of information, messages or data)

Urdu

3 entries
  • آمد و رفت noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • سَودا noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • ٹَرافِک noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • قاتناش noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • harakat noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • yoʻl harakati noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • giao thông noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • sự giao thông noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Welsh

1 entries
  • traffig noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Yiddish

2 entries
  • אומגאַנג noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)
  • פֿאַרקער noun (pedestrians or vehicles on roads or on the air)

Sample sentences

22 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

At this hour, there is incredible traffic.

Source: tatoeba (2227)

The sudden increase of cars is causing a large number of traffic accidents every day.

Source: tatoeba (18684)

The bridge is open to traffic.

Source: tatoeba (18982)

There was an enormous traffic jam in downtown Kyoto.

Source: tatoeba (19308)

Showing 4 of 22 available sentences.

Common questions

What are the closest synonyms for "traffic"?

Closest matches include answer, balance of trade, bargain, barter, be in.

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