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

The polling offers a road map for how Republicans could sell their support for certain Affordable Care Act subsidies, which are expiring at the end of the year and have been traditionally opposed by the GOP. —Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 19 Feb. 2025

This road map emphasizes ramping up manufacturing and increasing the pace at which the company launches its rockets. —Jackie Wattles, CNN, 13 Feb. 2025

Zoom out: Fusion IPOs might sound speculative, but companies that have a clear road map for scientific milestones, and partners like energy firms, could make the case to public investors. —Katie Fehrenbacher, Axios, 13 Feb. 2025

Cholera cases did decline globally for a few years after the 2017 road map, but the COVID-19 pandemic wiped out part of those gains. —Bymartin Enserink, science.org, 6 Feb. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1741, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for road map

• bandgap
• bitmap
• blackcap
• blackstrap
• bootstrap
• burlap
• claptrap
• entrap
• foolscap
• kidnap
• kneecap
• madcap