railway line

Questions about railway line

What is another word for railway line?

It depends which railway line you mean. In the sense “line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight”, the synonyms are railway, railroad, railroad line, railway system. Across all 2 senses there are 6 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of railway line?

WordNet records no antonym for railway line. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Why are the synonyms for railway line split into groups?

Because railway line carries 2 recorded senses and each has its own set of substitutes. A single flat list would put words from unrelated meanings side by side with nothing to tell them apart, which is exactly how a writer picks the wrong one. The grouping comes from WordNet's synsets, not from an editorial judgement of ours.

Where do the synonyms for railway line come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of railway line

• Full entry for railway lineAll 2 senses, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for railway lineWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
• Thesaurus homeHow WordNet synsets work, and the collections built for synonym work.