Way

word

1. Adverb

Away.

2. Noun

That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.

3. Noun

Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.

4. Noun

A moving; passage; procession; journey.

5. Noun

Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.

6. Noun

The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.

7. Noun

Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.

8. Noun

Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.

9. Noun

Sphere or scope of observation.

10. Noun

Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.

11. Noun

Progress; as, a ship has way.

12. Noun

The timbers on which a ship is launched.

13. Noun

The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.

14. Noun

Right of way. See below.

15. Verb

To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.

16. Verb

To move; to progress; to go.

17. Noun

a general category of things; used in the expression ‘in the way of’; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

18. Noun

a portion of something divided into shares; "they split the loot three ways"
Vocabulary classified under Academic vocabulary

19. Noun

doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way"
Vocabulary classified under Business and finance

20. Noun

the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way"
Vocabulary classified under Environmental science

21. Noun

any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out"
Vocabulary classified under History

22. Noun

how something is done or how it happens; "her dignified manner"; "his rapid manner of talking"; "their nomadic mode of existence"; "in the characteristic New York style"; "a lonely way of life"; "in an abrasive fashion"
Vocabulary classified under Art and design
More about this word
Synonyms and related words
Explore this word