thoroughfare C2+ Topic:Places & Geography US /ˈθɝoʊˌfɛr/ UK /ˈθʌrəfɛə/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a main road or public passage through a place The market spilled out onto the city's busiest thoroughfare. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a main road or public... roadstreetavenuepassagehighwayartery ↔ Opposites cul-de-sacdead-end Word family Related forms thoroughfarewayfareseafarer Etymology AI details A compound of thorough (originally a variant of through) + fare ('a going, passage'), from Old English thurh-faru ('a passage through'). thurh Old English faru Old English View etymology graph -> Topics Places & Geography External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # thoroughfare **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /ˈθɝoʊˌfɛr/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈθʌrəfɛə/ ## Meanings 1. a main road or public passage through a place ## Examples - The market spilled out onto the city's busiest thoroughfare. ## Synonyms - road - street - avenue - passage - highway - artery ## Antonyms - cul-de-sac - dead-end ## Related Forms - thorough - fare - wayfare - seafarer ## Roots and Affixes - Root: thurh - Root: faru ## Etymology A compound of thorough (originally a variant of through) + fare ('a going, passage'), from Old English thurh-faru ('a passage through'). ## AI Etymology Thoroughfare is a compound of thorough (originally a variant of through) + fare ('a going, passage'), from Old English thurh-faru ('a passage through'). Important recorded forms include thurh (Old English) and faru (Old English). Morphologically, the word preserves a built structure whose named elements carry the historical sense into English. The semantic development is already visible in the history: an older concrete or specialized use was extended into the modern meaning rather than replaced by a separate origin. In current use it covers a main road or public passage through a place. The wider family includes related words such as thorough, fare, wayfare, and seafarer. ## Topics - Places & Geography markdown