'Subway' definitions:
Definition of 'subway'
(from WordNet)
noun
An electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city); "in Paris the subway system is called the `metro' and in London it is called the `tube' or the `underground'" [syn: metro, tube, underground, subway system, subway]
noun
An underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway [syn: underpass, subway]
Definition of 'Subway'
From: GCIDE
- Subway \Sub"way`\, n.
- 1. An underground way or gallery; especially, a passage under a street, in which water mains, gas mains, telegraph wires, etc., are conducted. [1913 Webster]
- 2. An underground railroad, usually having trains powered by electricity provided by an electric line running through the underground tunnel. It is usually confined to the center portion of cities; -- called also tube, and in Britain, underground. In certain other countries (as in France or Russia) it is called the metro. [PJC]
Synonyms of 'subway'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abri,
- Amtrak,
- antre,
- baggage train,
- branch,
- bunker,
- burrow,
- cable railroad,
- cable railway,
- cave,
- cavern,
- choo-choo,
- cog railroad,
- cog railway,
- cove,
- dugout,
- el,
- electric,
- electric railway,
- electric train,
- elevated,
- elevated railway,
- embankment,
- express,
- express train,
- feeder,
- feeder line,
- flier,
- foxhole,
- freight,
- freight train,
- freighter,
- funicular,
- goods train,
- gravity-operated railway,
- grot,
- grotto,
- hole,
- horse railway,
- interurban,
- junction,
- L,
- lair,
- light railroad,
- lightning express,
- limited,
- line,
- local,
- main line,
- metro,
- milk train,
- monorail,
- parliamentary,
- parliamentary train,
- passenger train,
- rack railway,
- rack-and-pinion railroad,
- rack-and-pinion railway,
- rail,
- rail line,
- railroad,
- railroad train,
- railway,
- rattler,
- roadbed,
- roadway,
- rolling stock,
- sewer,
- shuttle,
- shuttle train,
- sidetrack,
- siding,
- special,
- streamliner,
- street railway,
- streetcar line,
- subterrane,
- switchback,
- terminal,
- terminus,
- track,
- train,
- tram,
- tramline,
- trestle,
- trolley line,
- trunk,
- trunk line,
- tube,
- tunnel,
- turnout,
- underground,
- underpass,
- warren,
- way train