railroad

1. 1.

   line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight

   Synonymsrailwayrailroad linerailway linerailway system

   Broaderline

   Narrowercable railwaycog railwayelevated railwaymetromonorailrailscenic railway
2. 2.

   a line of track providing a runway for wheels

   “he walked along the railroad track”

   Synonymsrailroad trackrailway

   Broadertrack

   Narrowerbroad gaugegantletnarrow gaugesidingstandard gaugeswitch

Other forms of railroad

plural

railroads·

past tense

railroaded·

present participle

railroading·

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 railroad

What does railroad mean?

railroad means "compel by coercion, threats, or crude means". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in railroad?

railroad has 2 syllables: rail-road. The stress falls on "rail". In IPA it is /ˈɹeɪlˌɹoʊd/.

What is another word for railroad?

Close synonyms include dragoon, sandbag, railway, railroad line, railway line. 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 railroad a common word?

railroad is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. 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 railroad?

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