Word Type

Proper Noun

Noun

Verb

The word "highway" can be used as proper noun, noun and verb.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

low low way way

Typical Location

area surrounding city atlas between to cities city country countryside desert developed land mexico repairs state united state united states

Coordinate Terms

back road back street byway

Defined As

same shape as ribbon

Derived Terms

Hershey highway Highway Code Karakoram Highway King's highway Marilaque Highway Nether highway St Kew Highway antihighway belt highway controlled-access highway digital highway divided highway hedgehog highway highway engineer highway hypnosis highway patrol highway robber highway robbery highway yellow highway-robbery highwayless highwaylike highwayman highwaywoman hijack hwy. information highway limited-access highway lost highway my way or the highway nonhighway one's way or the highway plain as Dunstable highway semi-highway superhighway superinformation highway tourist highway

Derived From

high way

Has Part

weigh stations on

Context

rail

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

road route

Type Of (IsA)

australian freeway high volume road human construction large road large road for cars paved road public property road road map through city where people drive cars wide long fast road wide road for cars

Made Of

asphalt

Related Terms

area big big road car cars driving driving area four four lanes freeway interstate lane lanes large large road large street like like freeway major major road public road roadway street streets thoroughfare vehicular

Synonym Network

expressway freeway hwy interstate motorway parkway

Used For

cars commuting connecting towns crossing country drive drive fast drive on drive somewhere drive to another city driving driving on facilitating movement of goods get to another place get where you're going getting from one place to another getting somewhere go elsewhere improving on dirt road improving transportation leaving city motor vehicles to travel on moving riding bus speeding transport of vehicles transportation travel travel in car traveling traveling from one place to another traveling long distances quickly traveling upon by car travelling in car trucks trucks buses and cars

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.