road map

noun

1

: a map showing roads especially for automobile travel

2

a

: a detailed plan to guide progress toward a goal

b

: a detailed explanation

Synonyms

• arrangement
• blueprint
• design
• game
• game plan
• ground plan
• master plan
• plan
• program
• project
• scheme
• strategy
• system

Examples of road map in a Sentence

Did you bring a road map?

a road map to peace

Recent Examples on the Web

Once there is a rough road map, Lux said, companies can start to determine whether to build AI tools in-house or leverage external partners. —Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Feb. 2025

If nothing else, a review of our top stories from the annual event feel like a road map for the cinematic year to come, a quick trip into the obsessions and interests that guided 11 days in snowy Park City, Utah and seem destined to carry over throughout the rest of 2025. —Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 4 Feb. 2025

The Hamilton model of statesmanship provides current senators and representatives with a valuable road map. —John T. Shaw, Chicago Tribune, 27 Jan. 2025

For that to happen, the Saudis will demand a road map for a Palestinian state. —Bret Stephens, The Mercury News, 17 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1