byway C2 Topic:Transportation US /ˈbaɪweɪ/ UK /ˈbaɪweɪ/ See IPA manual Freq #95203 Meanings 1 noun a minor, less-traveled road or path branching from a main route The carriage turned down a narrow byway to avoid attention in the crowded district. 2 noun a less familiar or secondary area of a subject Her research explores an obscure byway of nineteenth-century medical history. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a minor, less-traveled road... back roadside roadbypath 2 noun · a less familiar or... sidelineminor branch ↔ Opposites highwaymain roadmainstream Word family Forms byways Related forms highwaypathdetour Etymology From Middle English bywey, formed from by- ("secondary, beside") + way. The literal minor-road sense later supplied the figurative use for a little-known branch or detail of a subject. Topics Transportation External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # byway **Type:** Word **Level:** C2 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈbaɪweɪ/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈbaɪweɪ/ **Frequency rank:** 95203 ## Meanings 1. a minor, less-traveled road or path branching from a main route 2. a less familiar or secondary area of a subject ## Examples - The carriage turned down a narrow byway to avoid attention in the crowded district. - Her research explores an obscure byway of nineteenth-century medical history. ## Synonyms - back road - side road - bypath - minor branch ## Antonyms - highway - main road - mainstream ## Related Forms - highway - path - detour ## Etymology From Middle English bywey, formed from by- ("secondary, beside") + way. The literal minor-road sense later supplied the figurative use for a little-known branch or detail of a subject. ## Topics - Transportation markdown