highway's

Major road's possession

Highway's is the possessive form of highway, a major public road designed for fast travel between cities and regions.

It typically modifies nouns relating to features, conditions, or aspects of the road itself: the highway's shoulder was littered with debris, the highway's speed limit increases past the exit.

The form can also represent a contraction of "highway is" or "highway has" in casual speech, though this usage is less common.

culture

truckers

Commercial freight drivers

roadside · Americana · Route 66 · rest areas · service plazas · hitchhiking · wanderlust · open road · freedom · gas stations

infrastructure

pavement

Hard road covering

median · overpass · interchange · guardrail · ramp · bridge · toll booth · rest stop · mile marker · rumble strips

traffic

congestion

Excessive accumulation causing blockage

accidents · speed limit · merging · tailgating · weaving · slowdown · carpool · flow · volume · delays

travel

roadtrip

Leisure travel by car

destination · trucking · route · mileage · navigation · long-haul · cross-country · pit stop · scenic · interstate

metaphor

path

Route for traveling

avenue · fast track · journey · crossroads · gateway · access · opportunity · progress · advancement · shortcuts

Opposites
road size/importance

highway'salley's

Narrow passage's possessive

path's · trail's · driveway's

Phrases
Family

highway, highways

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G