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noun

ˈstrēt How to pronounce street (audio)
Definition of streetnext
as in road
a passage cleared for public vehicular travel going the wrong way on a one-way street

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adjective

as in grungy

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Recent Examples of street
Noun
At that time the suspect approached a fence area of the school from an undeveloped area, crossed the street, threw his weapon over the fence, then climbed the fence onto the school property, Krantz said. — Irene Byon, NBC news, 16 Oct. 2026 The tiny artist village of Grožnjan is right down the road, and the ancient hilltop town of Motovun with narrow, winding streets just beyond that. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 16 Oct. 2026
Adjective
Rivians are outfitted with a humming sound for safety to alert passersby, which the Grey’s team disconnected for filming, so while the show’s silent ambulance isn’t exactly street legal, the model is a guide to what ambulances could be in the real world. — Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 29 Jan. 2026 The name of the new super-street combination? — Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 29 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for street
Recent Examples of Synonyms for street
  1. road
  2. grungy
  3. highway
  4. unkempt
  5. thoroughfare
  6. slovenly
  7. freeway
  8. untidy
Noun
  • At the height of the incident, DeKalb fire crews blocked two right lanes of I-85 southbound and the entire access road next to it.
    — Doug Turnbull, AJC.com, 18 Oct. 2026
  • The Wildcats improved to 6-1 with a win at Oklahoma, which marks their third road win in the conference.
    — Mark Harris OutKick, FOXNews.com, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of road
Adjective
  • The record does include songs in the gentle, intimate mode of her earlier work, but even those are sometimes laced with grungy guitar lines.
    — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Each strap wrapped around the shaft of her boots, imparting a grungy effect.
    — Amina Ayoud, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of grungy
Noun
  • Reducing fuel consumption At highway speeds, trucks experience significant air resistance, also referred to as aerodynamic drag, due to their large, boxy shapes.
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Despite this new highway, the Benton that Harrison found was the Benton of most of its existence.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 18 Oct. 2026
Definition of highway
Adjective
  • The drunken Ken spends his time on such things as warbling a karaoke version of a 4 Non Blondes song while an unkempt Ryu is a purveyor of ramen so bad even a stray cat won’t eat it.
    — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Wendy Louis, 40, was arrested Tuesday after deputies conducted a welfare check on his home on Northeast 175th Street and found his children extremely thin and with unkempt, matted hair, the sheriff’s office said.
    — David Goodhue, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of unkempt
Noun
  • What to do nearby Archway is set on Frankford Avenue, a main thoroughfare that cuts through Fishtown, a thriving neighborhood situated northeast of Center City along the Delaware River.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Oct. 2026
  • The resulting long lineups snake out from working gas stations into the main thoroughfares of Moscow and other Russian cities.
    — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 9 Oct. 2026
Definition of thoroughfare
Adjective
  • And this is where the movie takes off from retro mythology to become its own slovenly mod thing.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • To Washington, a beard made a man look unkempt and slovenly, masking the higher emotions that civility required.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 2 Oct. 2025
Definition of slovenly
Noun
  • In 1984, the city commissioned 10 artists from Brockman to paint 10 freeway murals for the Summer Olympics.
    — Siran Babayan, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2026
  • More important than the figures themselves is the engine’s broad, effortless power delivery, which makes the Carrera T feel eager whether carving through a mountain road or dispatching a stretch of freeway.
    — Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026
Definition of freeway
Adjective
  • Pakistan was untidy in the field too with Sharma getting dropped twice and he should have been run-out before completing his half-century, while captain Shreyas Iyer also got a life when Ayub missed out his second catch.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
  • Pruning isn’t required, but helps shape the plant, boost growth, and prevent leggy, untidy stems.
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 17 Aug. 2026
Definition of untidy

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“Street.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/street. Accessed 20 Oct. 2026.

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