expressway

Other forms of expressway

plural

expressways·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about expressway

What does expressway mean?

expressway means "a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic".

How many syllables are in expressway?

expressway has 3 syllables: ex-pres-sway. The stress falls on "pres". In IPA it is /ɪkˈspɹɛˌsweɪ/.

What is another word for expressway?

Close synonyms include freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is expressway a common word?

expressway is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with expressway?

2 words rhyme with expressway. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.