road Meaning & Definition
What Does Road Mean?
Road is used as a noun meaning an open way for vehicles, persons, and animals. It is also used to mean one lying outside of an urban district.
Quick Facts About Road
| Part of speech | noun |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation | /ˈrōd/ |
| Syllables | 1 |
| Synonyms | moving, route and traveling |
| Plural | roads |
Road Definition (Noun)
- an open way for vehicles, persons, and animals
- one lying outside of an urban district : highway
- roadbed
- roadstead
- a route or way to an end, conclusion, or circumstance
on the road to success
- railway
- a series of scheduled visits or appearances (such as games or performances) in several locations or the travel necessary to make these visits
the team is on the road / on tour with the musical's road company
Synonyms of Road
Antonyms of Road
No antonyms or near antonyms are listed by the available sources for this entry.
Road in a Sentence
We travelled to the seaside by road.
This car really hugs the road.
the road to happiness; the road to success.
road tires
road groupset
on the road to success
the team is on the road
on tour with the musical's road company
I think we should take one of the less congested roads
the railway companies are continually repairing their roads
the team is on the road / on tour with the musical's road company
Word Forms & Grammar
road·less adjective
road
roadless
roads
down the road
road (plural roads)
road (not comparable)
Words That Rhyme With Road
Origin of Road
Origin 1: Middle English rode, from Old English rād ride, journey; akin to Old English rīdan to ride
Origin 2: From Middle English rode, rade (“ride, journey”), from Old English rād (“riding, hostile incursion”), from Proto-West Germanic *raidu, from Proto-Germanic *raidō (“a ride”), from Proto-Indo-European *reydʰ- (“to ride”). Doublet of raid, acquired from Scots. Cognates include West Frisian reed (paved trail/road, driveway).
Origin 3: The current primary meaning of "street, way for traveling" originated relatively late — Shakespeare seemed to expect his audiences to find it unfamiliar — and probably arose through reinterpretation of roadway (“a way for riding on”) as saying way twice, in other words as a tautological compound.
First Known Use
14th century
Road Pronunciation
You say road as /ˈrōd/. It has 1 syllable.
Quick Answers About Road
What part of speech is road?
Road is a noun.
What is another word for road?
Close synonyms of road are moving, route and traveling. See the full list of road synonyms and antonyms.
What is the plural of road?
The plural of road is roads.