Thesaurus results for STREETS

streets

noun

Definition of streets

plural of street

as in roads

a passage cleared for public vehicular travel going the wrong way on a one-way street

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Recent Examples of streets My neighborhood Nextdoor app, which covers a wide swath in DeKalb County and surrounding areas, has been lighting up in recent weeks with reports of coyotes spotted in backyards, city streets and even schoolyards. — Charles Seabrook, AJC.com, 16 Aug. 2026 Some Syrians celebrated in the streets after the death sentence handed down to al-Assad and his younger brother, Maher. — Paula Hancocks, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026 Locals and fans from around the United Kingdom and beyond took to the streets of Mumbles, near the city of Swansea, to see the hearse, which carried her coffin, draped in a Welsh flag. — ABC News, 15 Aug. 2026 Working in both color and in black and white, his subjects — sometimes family, sometimes random people, sometimes buildings or streets with nobody in sight — can have the warmth and intensity of his poems. — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Aug. 2026 Paraty and the Costa Verde Paraty’s food adds depth to its 18th-century colonial architecture and cobblestone streets. — Mikael Castro, Travel + Leisure, 15 Aug. 2026 Quinones paused for a few seconds as a loudspeaker crackling from an LAPD helicopter circling a few streets over ordered a shooting suspect to turn themselves in. — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 In one incident, more than two dozen people were hospitalized after many were found unresponsive, lying in the streets or on sidewalks. — Scott Maucione, NPR, 8 Aug. 2026 These conditions range from blocking streets and sidewalks and road closures, to the production of amplified noise and the use of disruptive or alarming lighting equipment or props. — Steve Zalusky, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026

Recent Examples of Synonyms for streets

Noun

Drone footage shared by the city showed houses, vehicles and roads submerged in muddy floodwater.

— Dalia Faheid, CNN Money, 14 Aug. 2026
There are new protections to make roads safer around schools and school zones.

— Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of roads

Noun

Trains and highways were shut down, and thousands of travelers were stranded at Narita International Airport, which serves Tokyo.

— NPR Staff, NPR, 14 Aug. 2026
Our internal highways are made up of intricate webs of nerves, arteries and glands that snake in and out of our organs.

— Mary Randolph, Scientific American, 11 Aug. 2026

Definition of highways

Noun

The councilmember acknowledged the overhaul of Hopkins Street was a monumental decision, one that would reshape transportation on one of the major thoroughfares connecting East and West Berkeley.

— Chase Hunter, Mercury News, 17 Aug. 2026
For example, in the San Fernando Valley, a person could leave the car at home when in walking proximity to bus lines on major thoroughfares, such as Line 165 on Vanowen Street that connects Burbank to West Hills.

— Steve Scauzillo, Daily News, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of thoroughfares

Noun

Born to Mary Florence Webb, a nurse, and John Sherman Heilmann, a civil engineer, Heilmann split her childhood between the Bay Area and, after her father took a job building freeways, Los Angeles, by way of El Segundo, a seaside village nearby.

— Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 15 Aug. 2026
Even the buildings themselves — a trio of vast, anonymous boxes tucked into the crook of two freeways — were plagued with problems.

— Jesse Coburn, ProPublica, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of freeways

Noun

The following day, several reports came in from Roseville residents who spotted a bear near Foothills Boulevard between Blue Oaks and Pleasant Grove boulevards.

— Richard Ramos, CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026
Over mountain roads and city boulevards, CLA drove with the style and balance expected of a German sedan.

— Mark Ewing, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of boulevards

Noun

While the long-legged aisle-hoggers among us might not relate, travelers lucky enough to settle into the window seat on certain flight routes can look forward to quite the show ahead of touchdown.

— Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
Oman has reportedly been working with Iran on a plan to define transit routes for shipping in the Strait of Hormuz.

— Lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of routes

Noun

The firm noted that major bridges like the Donghai Bridge and the Hangzhou Bay Bridge, as well as regional expressways, have reopened with standard speed limits restored.

— Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 11 Aug. 2026
Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here.

— Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2026

Definition of expressways

Noun

If approved, the legislation would extend exemptions to class cars built between 1976 and 1985 that are used primarily for exhibition purposes and have limited use on public roadways.

— Darrielle Fair, CBS News, 13 Aug. 2026
Critics like Carlock have noted that the space can feel disjointed for pedestrians, as roadways and cars still have the urban authority.

— Ashley Gardini, JSTOR Daily, 12 Aug. 2026