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Superhighway Moderate

Origin: Latin prefix super-

Superhighway has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic

2

an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form

3

An expressway, especially one designed for high speeds.

Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
highway network
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
autobahn autostrada turnpike

Origin

The word superhighway comes from combining the prefix super- with highway. It originally meant a road that is higher or above an ordinary highway.

Rhyming Words
way away sway tway byway beway howay noway alway ioway myway amway elway on way ordway dugway forway iceway rahway subway
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