Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun street

5 senses of street

Sense 1
street -- (a thoroughfare (usually including sidewalks) that is lined with buildings; "they walked the streets of the small town"; "he lives on Nassau Street")
       => thoroughfare -- (a public road from one place to another)

Sense 2
street -- (the part of a thoroughfare between the sidewalks; the part of the thoroughfare on which vehicles travel; "be careful crossing the street")
       => thoroughfare -- (a public road from one place to another)

Sense 3
street -- (the streets of a city viewed as a depressed environment in which there is poverty and crime and prostitution and dereliction; "she tried to keep her children off the street")
       => environment -- (the totality of surrounding conditions; "he longed for the comfortable environment of his living room")

Sense 4
street -- (a situation offering opportunities; "he worked both sides of the street"; "cooperation is a two-way street")
       => opportunity, chance -- (a possibility due to a favorable combination of circumstances; "the holiday gave us the opportunity to visit Washington"; "now is your chance")

Sense 5
street -- (people living or working on the same street; "the whole street protested the absence of street lights")
       => neighborhood, neighbourhood -- (people living near one another; "it is a friendly neighborhood"; "my neighborhood voted for Bush")