"Road" is a common Slavic word. It came from an Indo-European noun, meaning "cleared space in the forest." In modern Russian, the word "road" is used in various meanings. There are many synonyms for him. In today's article, we recall the main ones.
Value
Synonyms for the word “road” should first of all be sought in the explanatory dictionary. Dahl cited the following, similar in meaning, nouns: riding, walking, traveling, Putin. Of course, not all of them are used today in colloquial speech. According to Ozhegov’s explanatory dictionary, it is customary to call a strip of land intended for movement a road. It can be asphalt, dirt, highway, country.
Road: synonyms
In most cases, a noun is used to indicate a place to go or pass through. “Route” - this word can in some cases replace the word “road”. Namely, when it comes to the route. For example: "We took the shorter route (expensive)." In the phrase “ask for directions” we can replace the noun with the word “route”. “Way”, “walking”, “riding” in this case are not synonyms.
The road is also a stay on the road. A synonym for the word whose meaning we are considering is "travel." Example: "He was tired of a long road."
The words "road" and "path" are used when it comes to a specific mode of action, a direction of activity. Examples:
- Since then, their roads have diverged.
- Since then, their paths have diverged.
After the war, the expression "Road of Life" appeared in Russian. It means the path that lay through Lake Ladoga. During the siege of Leningrad, it was connected with the city for two years.
In order to recall other synonyms for the word “road”, as well as to understand in which cases their use is appropriate, it is worth recalling several examples from fiction.
Quotes
The German writer E. M. Remarque in the novel "Arc de Triomphe" noted that "a person thinks a lot on the road, but very little after returning." Some translations use the word "path." We are talking about Remarck's quote about the road as a time span of life.
In the same meaning, the noun has repeatedly used Yesenin in his works. For example, when I said about the roads traveled and the mistakes made. And in the quote about roads and fools, which is so often attributed to Gogol, a strip of land intended for movement already mentions.
Other synonyms are route, course, path, highway.