Synonyms and antonyms of Describing roads, paths and areas of land in British Thesaurus

arterial (adjective)

an arterial road or railway is part of a larger road or rail system

fast (adjective)

a fast road is one on which you can drive quickly

impassable (adjective)

an impassable road, path etc is impossible to travel along, especially because the weather is too bad

one-way (adjective)

with cars travelling in one direction only

orbital (adjective)

British an orbital road goes around the outside of a large city

passable (adjective)

if a road or a river is passable, it is not blocked and can be travelled on

sharp (adjective)

a sharp bend changes direction suddenly

tight (adjective)

a tight bend on a road is difficult to drive round because it curves a lot

two-way (adjective)

allowing vehicles to travel in both directions

unadopted (adjective)

British an unadopted road is one that is repaired by the people who live along it because the local government is not responsible for it

untrodden (adjective)

literary an untrodden surface has not been walked on

well-trodden (adjective)

walked on by many people for a long time