| road | a way or means to achieve something, the road to fame |
| royal road | an auspicious way or means to achieve something, the royal road to success |
on the road
on tour | travelling about, they took the show on the road, they lost all their games on the road |
away game
road game | a game played away from home |
| dirty trick | an unkind or aggressive trick |
| road show | a show on tour |
| road construction | the construction of roads |
| dirty war | an offensive conducted by secret police or the military of a regime against revolutionary and terrorist insurgents and marked by the use of kidnapping and torture and murder with civilians often being the victims, thousands of people disappeared and were killed during Argentina's dirty war in the late s |
| road rage | violence exhibited by drivers in traffic |
| dirty pool | conduct that is unfair or unethical or unsportsmanlike |
| dirty tricks | underhand commercial or political behavior designed to discredit an opponent |
| Hampton Roads | a naval battle of the American Civil War (), the indecisive battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac |
access road
slip road | a short road giving access to an expressway, in Britain they call an access road a slip road |
| arterial road | a major or main route |
beltway
bypass
ring road
ringway | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center |
bridle path
bridle road | a path suitable for riding or leading horses (but not for cars) |
| dirty bomb | an atom bomb that leaves considerable radioactive contamination |
driveway
drive private road | a road leading up to a private house, they parked in the driveway |
frontage road
service road | a local road that runs parallel to an expressway and allows local traffic to gain access to property |
highroad
trunk road | a highway |
highway
main road | a major road for any form of motor transport |
local road
local street | a street that is primarily used to gain access to the property bordering it |
| post road | a road over which mail is carried |
road
route | an open way (generally public) for travel or transportation |
| road map | a map showing roads (for automobile travel) |
| road surface | the paved surface of a paved roadway |
| side road | a minor road branching off of a main road |
| skid road | a road made of logs on which freshly cut timber can be hauled |
steamroller
road roller | vehicle equipped with heavy wide smooth rollers for compacting roads and pavements |
turnpike
toll road | an expressway on which tolls are collected |
| road sense | good judgment in avoiding trouble or accidents on the road |
dirty linen
dirty laundry | personal matters that could be embarrassing if made public |
| road test | a test to insure that a vehicle is roadworthy |
road map
guideline | a detailed plan or explanation to guide you in setting standards or determining a course of action, the president said he had a road map for normalizing relations with Vietnam |
| dirty word | a word that is considered to be unmentionable, `failure' is a dirty word to him |
dirty joke
dirty story
blue joke
blue story | an indelicate joke |
obscenity
smut
vulgarism
filth
dirty word | an offensive or indecent word or phrase |
| road to Damascus | a sudden turning point in a person's life (similar to the sudden conversion of the Apostle Paul on the road from Jerusalem to Damascus of arrest Christians) |
| road gang | a gang of road workers |
roads
roadstead | a partly sheltered anchorage |
| skid road | the district of a town frequented by loggers |
| Silk Road | an ancient trade route between China and the Mediterranean (, miles), followed by Marco Polo in the th century to reach Cathay |
| Hampton Roads | a channel in southeastern Virginia through which the Elizabeth River and the James River flow into Chesapeake Bay |
| dirty old man | a middle-aged man with lecherous inclinations |
highjacker
highwayman
hijacker
road agent | a holdup man who stops a vehicle and steals from it |
marathoner
marathon runner
road runner
long-distance runner | someone who participates in long-distance races (especially in marathons) |
| road builder | someone whose business is to build roads |
road hog
roadhog | a driver who obstructs others |
| roadman road mender | a workman who is employed to repair roads |
d rotter
dirty dog
rat
skunk
stinker
stinkpot
bum puke
crumb
lowlife
scum bag
so-and-so
git | a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible, only a rotter would do that, kill the rat, throw the bum out, you cowardly little pukes!, the British call a contemptible person a `git' |