Path and Road

Path

Path noun - A rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps.
Usage example: a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it
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Synonyms for Path

Road is a synonym for path in course topic. In some cases you can use "Road" instead a noun "Path", when it comes to topics like way, move, process, passage. popular alternative

Nearby Words: pathway, pathless

Road

Road noun - A passage cleared for public vehicular travel.
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Synonyms for Road

Path is a synonym for road in way topic. You can use "Path" instead a noun "Road", if it concerns topics such as move, process, nature, passage. popular alternative

Nearby Words: roadway, roadside, roadless, roadie

How words are described

good good path good road
full full path full road
middle middle path middle road
short short path short road
Other adjectives: right, direct, certain, original, single, actual, entire, hard, violent, wrong, dangerous, dark, narrow, main, moral, new, final, different, evolutionary.

Both words in one sentence

  • Series / Magnificent Century Unusual Euphemism: "Walking the Golden Way/Path/Road" means "having sex with the sultan".
  • Series / Magnificent Century Although it seems odd at first, it makes sense: the Golden Way/Path/Road (translations vary) is the corridor between the harem and the sultan's rooms, and to have sex with him you must first get to his room.
  • When Trees Attack In Big Fish, Edward is attacked by trees while walking on the path in the forest alone on a road which had a warning sign, but he knows he doesn't die that way, so they let him go.
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