throughway
noun
throughway is a noun meaning “(Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled T-H-R-O-U-G-H-W-A-Y and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 43 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of throughway is throughways.
What does throughway mean?
noun
- 1
US(Normally and officially spelled thruway) A broad highway fit for high-speed traffic; a thoroughfare.
- 2
An continuous, open passage, corridor, or pathway that allows people to walk or move directly from one point to another without obstruction.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce throughway?
Throughway has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of throughway
- throughways plural
- thruway
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is throughway?
Throughway appears about once in every 43 million words in written English, the 201,693rd 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).
Where does throughway come from?
From through + way. Compare thoroughway.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).