highway
/ˈhaɪweɪ/
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British/ˈhɑjwɛj/
highway noun: a main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
Noun
highway (plural highways)
- A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
- The highway to the East Coast which ran through the borough of Ebbfield had always been a main road and even now, despite the vast garages, the pylons and the gaily painted factory glasshouses which had sprung up beside it, there still remained an occasional trace of past cultures.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 7, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC
- Any public road.
- A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny.
- You're on a highway to greatness.
- I'm on the highway to hell1979, “Highway to Hell”, in Highway to Hell, performed by AC/DC
- A road that is major (more heavily traveled and thus more important than a byway), higher than the surrounding land, has drainage ditches at the sides, or has any combination of those traits.
- Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”).
- Synonyms:
- bus
Verb
highway (third-person singular simple present highways, present participle highwaying, simple past and past participle highwayed)
- To travel on a highway
Proper noun capitalized: Highway
Highway
- A western suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8680).
- A neighbourhood of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7143).
- A neighbourhood in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4717).
- A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0474).
- A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of Ikirin, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
- A sitio in the barangay of Pinagbayanan, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines.
- A barangay of Dulag, Leyte, Philippines.
- Synonyms:
- Poblacion
highway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
highway in Hindi
- main public road
- राजमार्ग rājmārg, हाइवे hāive
highway in Tamil
- main public road
- நெடுஞ்சாலை neṭuñcālai, பெருவழி peruvaḻi
highway in Marathi
- main public road
- महामार्ग mahāmārga
highway in Urdu
- main public road
- شاہْراہ śāhrāh, شارِع śāri', ہائی وے hāī ve
More languagesFewer languages
- highway in Bengali
- রাজপথ rajpoth, হাইওয়ে haiōẇe
- highway in Telugu
- రాజమార్గము rājamārgamu
- highway in Malayalam
- ഹൈവേ haivē
- highway in Kannada
- ಹೆದ್ದಾರಿ heddāri
- highway in Punjabi
- ਹਾਈਵੇਅ, ਰਾਜਮਾਰਗ, ਹਾਈਵੇ
- highway in Gujarati
- ધોરીમાર્ગ dhorīmārg, રાજમાર્ગ rājmārg, હાઈવે hāīve
- highway in Odia
- ରାଜପଥ rājapatha
- highway in Sanskrit
- राजमार्ग rājamārga
- highway in Assamese
- ৰাজপথ razopoth
- highway in Nepali
- राजमार्ग rājmārga
- highway in Pashto
- جاده jādda
- highway in Tagalog
- lansangan
- highway in Arabic
- طَرِيق ṭarīq, طَرِيق عَامّ ṭarīq ʕāmm
- highway in Malay
- jalan raya, lebuh raya
- highway in Indonesian
- jalan raya
- highway in Thai
- ทางหลวง taang-lǔuang
- highway in Vietnamese
- xa lộ, đường ô tô, đường quốc lộ, quốc lộ
- highway in Myanmar
- လမ်းမကြီး lam:ma.kri:
Examples of highway in a sentence
- A sudden chemical spill on the highway created a chain‐collision which created a record traffic jam.
- Various types of concrete have been used in the construction of this highway.
- She only gets thirty miles to the gallon on the highway, but she’s durable.
Synonyms of highway
Forms of highway
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | highways |
| alternative abbreviation | hwy. |
| alternative abbreviation | hwy |
| alternative abbreviation | hi'way |
| alternative abbreviation | hi-way |
| alternative abbreviation | hiway |
| alternative abbreviation | hi way |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | highways |
| present participle | highwaying |
| past participle | highwayed |
| past | highwayed |
Origin of highway
From Middle English heiȝwai, heiȝwei, from Old English hēahweġ (“main road, highway”), corresponding to high + way. Compare highgate, high street, high road. Cognate with Scots heaway, heway, hieway, hichway, heichway (“highway”).
Words formed from highway
- antihighway
- belt highway
- controlled-access highway
- digital highway
- divided highway
- hedgehog highway
- Hershey highway
- Highway Code
- highway engineer
- highway hypnosis
- highwayless
- highwaylike
- highwayman
- highway oasis
- highway patrol
- highway robber
- highway robbery
- highway-robbery
- highwaywoman
- highway yellow
- hijack
- hwy.
- information highway
- Karakoram Highway
- King's highway
- limited-access highway
- lost highway
- Marilaque Highway
- my way or the highway
- one's way or the highway
- Nether highway
- nonhighway
- plain as Dunstable highway
- semi-highway
- St Kew Highway
- superhighway
- superinformation highway
- tourist highway
Phrases with highway
Words that rhyme with highway
Questions about highway
- What does highway mean?
- Highway means a main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
- What is highway in Hindi?
- Highway in Hindi is राजमार्ग (rājmārg), हाइवे (hāive). See Highway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is highway?
- Highway can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce highway?
- Highway is pronounced /ˈhaɪweɪ/.
- What is the plural of highway?
- The plural of highway is highways.
Words near highway in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: highway (page history and authors); Highway (page history and authors); highway (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); राजमार्ग (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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