THOROUGHFARE Synonyms

• a line of approach

• a wide street or thoroughfare

• a wide street or thoroughfare

• a side road little traveled (as in the countryside)

• an enclosed passageway; rooms usually open onto it

• the act of applying force to propel something

• a mechanism by which force or power is transmitted in a machine

• a series of actions advancing a principle or tending toward a particular end

• a road leading up to a private house

• the trait of being highly motivated

• hitting a golf ball off of a tee with a driver

• the act of driving a herd of animals overland

• a journey in a vehicle (usually an automobile)

• a physiological state corresponding to a strong need or desire

• (computer science) a device that writes data onto or reads data from a storage medium

• a wide scenic road planted with trees

• (sports) a hard straight return (as in tennis or squash)

• operate or control a vehicle

• travel or be transported in a vehicle

• cause someone or something to move by driving

• force into or from an action or state, either physically or metaphorically

• to compel or force or urge relentlessly or exert coercive pressure on, or motivate strongly

• cause to move back by force or influence

• compel somebody to do something, often against his own will or judgment

• push, propel, or press with force

• cause to move rapidly by striking or throwing with force

• strive and make an effort to reach a goal

• move into a desired direction of discourse

• have certain properties when driven

• work as a driver

• move by being propelled by a force

• urge forward

• proceed along in a vehicle

• strike with a driver, as in teeing off

• hit very hard, as by swinging a bat horizontally

• excavate horizontally

• cause to function by supplying the force or power for or by controlling

• (hunting) search for game

• (hunting) chase from cover into more open ground

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• a major road for any form of motor transport

• a narrow way or road

• a well-defined track or path; for e.g. swimmers or lines of traffic

• a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

• the act of passing from one state or place to the next

• a section of text; particularly a section of medium length

• a way through or along which someone or something may pass

• the passing of a law by a legislative body

• a journey usually by ship

• a short section of a musical composition

• a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass

• a bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to another

• the motion of one object relative to another

• the act of passing something to another person

• a course of conduct

• a way especially designed for a particular use

• an established line of travel or access

• a line or route along which something travels or moves

• an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

• a way or means to achieve something

• an established line of travel or access

• an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation

• send documents or materials to appropriate destinations

• send via a specific route

• divert in a specified direction

• a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings

• the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel

• the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction

• a situation offering opportunities

• people living or working on the same street

• how something is done or how it happens

• to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end

• a line leading to a place or point

• the condition of things generally

• a course of conduct

• any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

• a journey or passage

• space for movement

• the property of distance in general

• doing as one pleases or chooses

• a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

• a portion of something divided into shares

• to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States)