rapid transit

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   an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains

   Synonymsmass rapid transit

   Broaderpublic transit

Questions about rapid transit

What does rapid transit mean?

rapid transit means "an urban public transit system using underground or elevated trains".

What is another word for rapid transit?

Close synonyms include mass rapid transit. 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 rapid transit a common word?

rapid transit is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.