Usually means: Major roads for vehicular travel.
Definitions Related words Phrases Mentions Lyrics History
We found 15 dictionaries that define the word highways:

General (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. highways: Merriam-Webster
  2. highways: Collins English Dictionary
  3. highways: Vocabulary.com
  4. Highway's, Highways, highway's, highways: Wordnik
  5. highways: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. highways: Wiktionary
  7. highways: Dictionary.com
  8. highways: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Highways: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. Highways: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highways: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Highways: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Highways: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Highways: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. highways: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See highway as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (Highway)

noun:  (historical) A road that is higher than the surrounding land and has drainage ditches at the sides
noun:  A main public road, especially a multi-lane, high-speed thoroughfare.
noun:  (figurative) A way; a path that leads to a certain destiny
noun:  (law, rail transport) Any public road for vehicular traffic.
noun:  (computing) Synonym of bus (“common connection for two or more circuits or components”)
verb:  To travel on a highway
noun:  A number of places in England:
noun:  A western suburb of Maidenhead, Windsor and Maidenhead borough, Berkshire (OS grid ref SU8680).
noun:  A neighbourhood of Redruth, Cornwall (OS grid ref SW7143).
noun:  A neighbourhood in Stoke sub Hamdon parish, South Somerset district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST4717).
noun:  A hamlet in Hilmarton parish, north-central Wiltshire (OS grid ref SU0474).
noun:  A number of places in the Philippines:
noun:  A sitio in the barangay of Poblacion, Tuba, Benguet, Philippines
noun:  A sitio in the barangay of San Carlos, Rosario, Batangas, Philippines
noun:  A sitio in the barangay of San Jose, Narvacan, Ilocos Sur, Philippines
noun:  A sitio in the barangay of Anoling, General Nakar, Quezon, Philippines
noun:  A sitio in the barangay of Ikirin, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines
noun:  A sitio in the barangay of Pinagbayanan, Pagbilao, Quezon, Philippines
noun:  A barangay of Dulag, Leyte, Philippines
▸ Also see highway


Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:




Words similar to highways

Usage examples for highways

Idioms related to highways

Wikipedia articles (New!)

Popular adjectives describing highways

Words that often appear near highways

Rhymes of highways

Invented words related to highways

Similar:

Opposite:

Types:

Phrases:

Adjectives:





Home   Reverse Dictionary / Thesaurus   Datamuse   Word games   Spruce   Feedback   Dark mode   Random word   Help


Color thesaurus

Use OneLook to find colors for words and words for colors

See an example

Literary notes

Use OneLook to learn how words are used by great writers

See an example

Word games

Try our innovative vocabulary games

Play Now

Read the latest OneLook newsletter issue: Threepeat Redux