commercial street

Retail-lined thoroughfare

A commercial street is a road lined primarily with shops, restaurants, and businesses rather than residences.

Every neighborhood has its commercial streets where people go to buy things, eat out, or run errands: The commercial street was packed with Saturday shoppers.

The term distinguishes these retail corridors from residential streets nearby.

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bustling · pedestrians · awnings · window displays · sale signs · boutiques · brick and mortar · marketplace · vendors · neon signs · pavement · crowded · retail · town center · promenade · shoppers · outdoor seating · cafes

Opposites
primary land use

commercial streetresidential street

Road through a neighborhood

housing estate · residential neighborhood · residential area · bedroom community · housing development

development intensity

commercial streetcountry lane

Narrow rural thoroughfare

rural road · farm road · dirt road · dirt track · back road

activity level and character

commercial streetback street

Minor road, often secluded

side street · alleyway · private road · dead-end street

Family

commercial, street, commerce, commercials, commercially, commercialize, commercialized, commercialization, commercialism

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Top 500,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G