road

n

1. street, thoroughfare, main road, Inf. drag, Brit. Sl. toby, artery, highroad, roadway; avenue, boulevard, concourse, strip, pavement; lane, drive, terrace, circle, row; alley, by-path, byway, byroad, by-street, side road or street.

2. highway, turnpike, pike, toll road, state highway; freeway, Brit. clearway, expressway, parkway, causeway, throughway, U.S. Inf. interstate; speedway, autobahn, superhighway.

3. way, course, method, means; route, path, avenue, lane; channel, in, entree, access, approach; admission, admittance, entrance, entry, entryway, inlet, ingress.

4. burn up the road

Slang. speed, race, fly, drive fast; go like a shot, go hellbent, Sl. burn rubber, go like lightning or greased lightning, outstrip the wind.

5. on the road

driving, cruising, traveling, journeying, on a trip or voyage; on tour, on the circuit, on a road trip.