light traffic
Roads mostly clear
Light traffic describes roads or routes with relatively few vehicles, making travel faster and easier than usual.
The phrase typically refers to driving conditions: We made good time—traffic was light.
It can also apply to pedestrian flow, website visitors, or any context where volume is lower than normal or expected.
- sparseThinly scattered or distributed
- flowingMoving continuously onward
- easyRequiring minimal effort
- smooth sailingUntroubled progress forward
- uncongestedNot blocked or jammed
quiet · smooth · steady flow · off-peak · empty · cruising · moving along · breeze · gliding · open · open road · clear · wide open · suburban · midday · early morning · Sunday · Sunday drive
- traffic typesrush hour, morning commute, evening commute
- trafficcongestion, gridlock, bumper to bumper, bumper-to-bumper, stop and go
- traffic termsrush hour, congestion, peak hours, gridlock, bottleneck
- travel conditionsdelays, congestion, icy roads, weather, delay
traffic volume/density
light trafficheavy traffic
Dense vehicle congestion
gridlock · congestion · traffic jam · rush hour traffic · traffic congestion
light, traffic, lights, lighted, lighting, lighter, lightest, lighten, lightness