royal road
Easy way through
A royal road is a direct or easy path to achieving something, often with the implication that no such shortcut actually exists: There is no royal road to learning.
The phrase alludes to the ancient Persian Royal Road, a highway that allowed swift travel across the empire—a path smoothed for kings that common travelers couldn't access.
- shortcutQuicker alternative path
- easy pathUnchallenging course of action
- quick fixHasty temporary solution
- avenueBroad urban roadway
- EuclidFather of geometry
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- trade routesspice route, cargo routes, merchant routes, salt route, commercial routes
- Ancient PersiaPersepolis, Cyrus the Great, Xerxes, Behistun inscription, satrap
- Persian Empiresatrap, satrapy, Darius, Cyrus, Xerxes
- Spanish TrailSanta Fe, El Paso, Chihuahua, Mexico City, Spanish missions
- IranIran, Tehran, Isfahan, Persia, Shiraz
- Mauryan Empireregicide
royal roadhard way
Method requiring maximum effort
long road · steep climb · uphill battle · hard slog · school of hard knocks
royal roadprivate road
Non-public vehicular path
back alley · dirt path · footpath · byway