avenues
Wide urban thoroughfares
Avenues is the plural of avenue, a wide street or road, often lined with trees or leading to an important destination.
The word extends to figurative paths or approaches: We explored every avenue before making a decision.
In cities, avenue often distinguishes streets running one direction from those running perpendicular.
Broad, tree-lined street
- thoroughfareMain public road
- parkwayScenic landscaped roadway
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
- esplanadePaved waterfront walking area
drive · roadway · tree-lined · Champs-Élysées · median · pavement · sidewalk · carriageway
Broad, tree-lined streets
- tree-lined streetsRoads with planted borders
- city planningDesigning how towns develop
- HaussmannNapoleon III's urban planner
- trafficMovement along routes
intersections · pedestrians · storefronts · streetlights · crosswalks · cityscape · zoning · infrastructure
boulevard
Broad, tree-lined street
- thoroughfareMain public road
- parkwayScenic landscaped roadway
- promenadeLeisurely public stroll
esplanade · drive · roadway · tree-lined · Champs-Élysées · median · pavement · sidewalk · carriageway · artery
boulevards
Broad, tree-lined streets
- tree-lined streetsRoads with planted borders
- city planningDesigning how towns develop
- HaussmannNapoleon III's urban planner
traffic · intersections · pedestrians · storefronts · streetlights · crosswalks · cityscape · zoning · infrastructure · public transport
exploration
Traveling through unknown regions
- pursuitAct of chasing something
- inquiryRequest for information
- investigationFormal examination of facts
approach · option · pathway · channel · route · means · method · possibility · opening · direction
- street gridstreets, boulevards, intersections, blocks, city blocks
- Mexico CityChapultepec, colonias, metro, Benito Juarez, Santa Fe
- roadshighway, highways, road, freeway, roads
- neighborhood featurestownhouse, boulevards, duplex, parkways, bungalow
- formal gardensparterre, topiary, topiaries, fountains, hedges
- city mapsstreet maps, street map, city maps, city map, streets
avenuesalleys
Narrow passages between buildings
alleyways · lanes · back streets · side streets · narrow streets
- Fifth AvenueIconic Manhattan thoroughfare
- Park AvenuePrestigious Manhattan residential street
- 5th AvenuePremier Manhattan boulevard
- Madison AvenueAdvertising industry synecdoche
- tree-lined avenues
- Pennsylvania AvenueMajor Washington D.C. boulevard