freeway

Other forms of freeway

plural

freeways·

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 freeway

What does freeway mean?

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

How many syllables are in freeway?

freeway has 2 syllables: free-way. The stress falls on "free". In IPA it is /ˈfɹiˌweɪ/.

What is another word for freeway?

Close synonyms include expressway, 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 freeway a common word?

freeway is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. 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 freeway?

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