Traffic meaning

What does “traffic” mean? Definitions, examples, synonyms and opposites.

“traffic” is a noun and verb with 6 meanings. Its most common meaning is: the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time.

traffic

noun

  1. the aggregation of things (pedestrians or vehicles) coming and going in a particular locality during a specified period of time

  2. buying and selling; especially illicit trade

  3. the amount of activity over a communication system during a given period of time

    “heavy traffic overloaded the trunk lines”

    “traffic on the internet is lightest during the night”

  4. social or verbal interchange (usually followed by `with')

    Synonymsdealings

verb

  1. deal illegally

    “traffic drugs”

  2. trade or deal a commodity

    “They trafficked with us for gold”

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University