Synonyms of right-of-way

right-of-way

noun

ˌrīt-ə(v)-ˈwā 

as in precedence

the right to one's attention before other things considered less important

the bill for emergency aid was immediately granted right-of-way

Synonyms & Similar Words

• precedence
• priority
• primacy
• urgency
• supremacy
• preference
• ascendency
• transcendence
• ascendancy
• preeminence
• succession
• sequence
• progression
• order
• transcendency
• front burner

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• back burner

Examples Sentences

Recent Examples of right-of-way

In June 2023, a federal judge ordered that the oil giant was in trespass of the Band’s land, as the right-of-way easement expired more than a decade ago after the Band chose not to renew it, fearing environmental harm. —Caitlin Looby, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024

Yet using existing rights-of-way, rebuilding, upgrading, running lines underground, on-site generation and 70-some alternate routes and remedies are all conspicuously absent from a real discussion about the project — a discussion that has not actually happened. —Joe Vigliotti, Baltimore Sun, 10 Dec. 2024

The site is along the railroad right-of-way, Wood said, an area that the city wants to make into a pedestrian pathway. —Corina Vanek, Arizona Republic, 3 Dec. 2024

The right-of-way for the line is 150 feet wide, according to PSEG. —Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 21 Nov. 2024