roadworthy
adjective
roadworthy is an adjective meaning “Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-O-A-D-W-O-R-T-H-Y, and it appears about once in every 13 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does roadworthy mean?
adjective
- 1
Being able to be driven, or suitable for driving, on the open road.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of roadworthy
- more roadworthy comparative
- most roadworthy superlative
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is roadworthy?
Roadworthy appears about once in every 13 million words in written English, the 110,368th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Roadworthy in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense able to be driven:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | en état de marche |
| German | fahrtüchtig, verkehrstauglich, straßenverkehrstauglich |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does roadworthy come from?
From road + -worthy.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).