Synonyms: street
Definition: a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings
Usage: they walked the streets of the small town; he lives on Nassau Street
Similar words: thoroughfare
Definition: a public road from one place to another
Synonyms: street
Definition: the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel
Usage: be careful crossing the street
Similar words: thoroughfare
Definition: a public road from one place to another
Synonyms: street
Definition: people living or working on the same street
Usage: the whole street protested the absence of street lights
Similar words: neighborhood, neighbourhood
Definition: people living near one another
Usage: it is a friendly neighborhood; my neighborhood voted for Bush
Synonyms: street
Definition: a situation offering opportunities
Usage: he worked both sides of the street; cooperation is a two-way street
Similar words: chance, opportunity
Definition: a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances
Usage: the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington; now is your chance
Synonyms: street
Definition: the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction
Usage: she tried to keep her children off the street
Similar words: environment
Definition: the totality of surrounding conditions
Usage: he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room