subway
UK/ˈsʌbˌweɪ/
subway noun: an underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
Noun
subway (plural subways)
- An underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
- He is going to Westminster by subway.
- In 1884 Greathead was part of a syndicate that obtained powers for another subway – 'The City of London & Southwark Subway'. The term 'subway' sounded more sophisticated than 'underground railway', which was associated with the sulphurous Metropolitan, and it would be adopted by New York for its...2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 98
- A train that runs on such an underground railway.
- Just before you leave, the subway comes. You get on. It stops at the next station.1981 April 29, Russel Baker, “And Only Sixty Cents”, in The New York Times
- A rapid transit system, regardless of the elevation of its right of way; a metro system.
- An underground walkway, tunnel for pedestrians (called pedestrian underpass in US).
- At Nairobi the mail waits an hour-and-a-half. The station has three long platforms, mostly covered in awnings, the island connected with the main platform (which is used by the mails in both directions) by a subway.1950 April, Timothy H. Cobb, “The Kenya-Uganda Railway”, in Railway Magazine, page 265
- Heading beneath the tracks via the subway to the immediate north of the station takes us to the Didcot Railway Centre.2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Didcot (1932)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 60
- An underground route for pipes, sewers, etc.
- An underground route for creatures (e.g. bats).
Verb
subway (third-person singular simple present subways, present participle subwaying, simple past and past participle subwayed)
- To travel by underground railway.
- I suppose I could have subwayed around town in search of froufrou French pastry shops.2008 February 13, Melissa Clark, “From Paris, With Hustle”, in New York Times
subway meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
subway in Hindi
- underground railway
- भूमिगत रेल bhūmigat rel, मीट्रो mīṭro, मेट्रो meṭro
subway in Tamil
- சுரங்கப் பாதை, சுரங்கப்பாதை, உபவழி, துணைவழி, சுரங்க வழி, நிலவறைவழி
subway in Marathi
- सबवे, भुयारी मार्ग
subway in Urdu
- underground railway
- میٹْرو meṭro, مَیٹْرو maiṭro, مِیٹْرو mīṭro
More languagesFewer languages
- subway in Bengali
- মেট্রো meṭrō, আন্ডারগ্রাউন্ড anḍargraunḍ, সাবওয়ে śabōẇe, দ্রুত পরিবহণ drut poribohon
- subway in Telugu
- సబ్వే, సబ్వేకి
- subway in Malayalam
- ഭൂമിക്കടിയിൽക്കൂടിയുളള വഴി, അന്തർഭൗമ മാർഗ്ഗം, തുരങ്കം
- subway in Kannada
- ಸುರಂಗಮಾರ್ಗ, ಅಮೆರಿಕ ಸುರಂಗ ರೈಲುಮಾರ್ಗ
- subway in Punjabi
- ਸਬਵੇਅ, ਸਬ-ਵੇਅ
- subway in Gujarati
- સબવે
- subway in Odia
- ସବୱେ, ସବୱେଇଂ
- subway in Nepali
- सबवे, सबवेइङ, सबवेङ
- subway in Pashto
- مېترو metro
- subway in Tagalog
- metro
- subway in Arabic
- مِتْرُو mitrū, نَفَق مُشَاة nafaq mušāh
- subway in Malay
- kereta api bawah tanah, jalan bawah tanah, jabanah
- subway in Indonesian
- kereta api bawah tanah
- subway in Thai
- รถไฟใต้ดิน rót-fai-dtâi-din, เมโทร mee-troo
- subway in Vietnamese
- tàu điện ngầm, mê-tơ-rô, metro, hầm đi bộ
- subway in Myanmar
- မြေအောက်မီးရထား mreaukmi:ra.hta:
Examples of subway in a sentence
- Cedric made a living trumpeting for the change of passersby in the subway.
- From the frontmost car of the subway, he filmed the progress through the tunnel.
- The subway map was quite informational, allowing us to determine the most efficient route to our destination.
Synonyms of subway
Forms of subway
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | subways |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | subways |
| present participle | subwaying |
| past participle | subwayed |
| past | subwayed |
Origin of subway
From sub- + way.
Words formed from subway
Phrases with subway
Questions about subway
- What does subway mean?
- Subway means an underground railway, especially for mass transit of people in urban areas.
- What is subway in Hindi?
- Subway in Hindi is भूमिगत रेल (bhūmigat rel), मीट्रो (mīṭro), मेट्रो (meṭro). See Subway meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is subway?
- Subway can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce subway?
- Subway is pronounced /ˈsʌbˌweɪ/ (UK).
- What is the plural of subway?
- The plural of subway is subways.
Words near subway in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: subway (page history and authors); subway (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subway (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subway (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subway (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subway (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); subway (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subway (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subway (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); subway (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: en-us-subway.ogg.
Cite this entry: “subway.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/subway. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.