highroad

or high road

[ hahy-rohd ]

noun

1. Chiefly British. a main road; highway.
2. an easy or certain course:

   the highroad to success.

3. an honorable or ethical course.

highroad

/ ˈhaɪˌrəʊd /

noun

1. a main road; highway
2. the highroad the sure way

   the highroad to fame

Word History and Origins

Origin of highroad¹

First recorded in 1700–10; high + road

Example Sentences

It expresses the widely shared feeling that high culture had it coming for having offered itself as a substitute religion, a "royal highroad of transcendence," in novelist Walker Percy's phrase.

From Salon

The shepherd had said to follow the path to a certain stream at the far side of the wood which would shortly lead them to the highroad.

From Literature

“I think California and New York and a lot of other places may have more leverage to insist on the highroad approach.”

From New York Times

“We take a highroad, proactive approach and not a divisive approach when we work with members of Congress, and we’re going to continue to do that,” said Geraldine Link, the association’s director of public policy.

From New York Times

The "Huachicoleros" siphon off the fuel and then sell it on at half the market price on busy highroads, costing Mexico's oil company millions of dollars in lost revenue.

From BBC