airway | (noun) a commercial enterprise that provides scheduled flights for passengers | Synonyms: airline, airline business |
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(noun) a duct that provides ventilation (as in mines) | Synonyms: air duct, air passage |
(noun) the passages through which air enters and leaves the body | Synonyms: respiratory tract |
(noun) a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | Synonyms: air lane, flight path, skyway |
alleyway | (noun) a narrow street with walls on both sides | Synonyms: alley, back street |
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archway | (noun) a passageway under a curved masonry construction | Synonyms: arch |
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areaway | (noun) a passageway between buildings or giving access to a basement | - |
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beltway | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: bypass, ring road, ringway |
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breakaway | (noun) the act of breaking away or withdrawing from | Synonyms: breaking away |
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byway | (noun) a side road little traveled (as in the countryside) | Synonyms: bypath, byroad |
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caraway | (noun) leaves used sparingly in soups and stews | - |
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(noun) a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | Synonyms: Carum carvi |
carriageway | (noun) one of the two sides of a motorway where traffic travels in one direction only usually in two or three lanes | - |
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castaway | (noun) a shipwrecked person | Synonyms: shipwreck survivor |
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(noun) a person who is rejected (from society or home) | Synonyms: Ishmael, outcast, pariah |
causeway | (noun) a road that is raised above water or marshland or sand | - |
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clearway | (noun) a road on which you are not allowed to stop (unless you have a breakdown) | - |
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companionway | (noun) a stairway or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship | - |
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crossway | (noun) a junction where one street or road crosses another | Synonyms: carrefour, crossing, crossroad, intersection |
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cutaway | (noun) a man's coat cut diagonally from the waist to the back of the knees | - |
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(noun) a representation (drawing or model) of something in which the outside is omitted to reveal the inner parts | Synonyms: cutaway drawing, cutaway model |
doorway | (noun) the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | Synonyms: door, room access, threshold |
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driveway | (noun) a road leading up to a private house | Synonyms: drive, private road |
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entranceway | (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entree, entry, entryway |
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entryway | (noun) something that provides access (to get in or get out) | Synonyms: entrance, entranceway, entree, entry |
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expressway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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fairway | (noun) the area between the tee and putting green where the grass is cut short | - |
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(noun) a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
(noun) the usual course taken by vessels through a harbor or coastal waters | - |
flyway | (noun) the geographic route along which birds customarily migrate | Synonyms: migration route |
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freeway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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gangway | (noun) a temporary passageway of planks (as over mud on a building site) | - |
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(noun) a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | Synonyms: gangboard, gangplank |
(noun) passageway between seating areas as in an auditorium or passenger vehicle or between areas of shelves of goods as in stores | Synonyms: aisle |
gateway | (noun) an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
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getaway | (noun) a rapid escape (as by criminals) | Synonyms: lam |
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(noun) the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | Synonyms: pickup |
giveaway | (noun) an unintentional disclosure | - |
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(noun) a television or radio program in which contestants compete for awards | Synonyms: game show |
(noun) a gift of public land or resources for the private gain of a limited group | - |
greenway | (noun) a belt of parks or rural land surrounding a town or city | Synonyms: greenbelt |
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hallway | (noun) an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | Synonyms: hall |
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hatchway | (noun) an entrance equipped with a hatch; especially a passageway between decks of a ship | Synonyms: opening, scuttle |
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headway | (noun) forward movement | Synonyms: head |
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(noun) vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | Synonyms: clearance, headroom |
hideaway | (noun) an area where you can be alone | Synonyms: retreat |
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(noun) a hiding place; usually a remote place used by outlaws | Synonyms: den, hideout |
highway | (noun) a major road for any form of motor transport | Synonyms: main road |
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leeway | (noun) a permissible difference; allowing some freedom to move within limits | Synonyms: allowance, margin, tolerance |
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(noun) (of a ship or plane) sideways drift | - |
midway | (noun) the place at a fair or carnival where sideshows and similar amusements are located | - |
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motorway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway, thruway |
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mulloway | (noun) large important food fish of Australia; almost indistinguishable from the maigre | Synonyms: jewfish, Sciaena antarctica |
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parkway | (noun) a wide scenic road planted with trees | Synonyms: drive |
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passageway | (noun) a passage between rooms or between buildings | - |
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(noun) a path or channel or duct through or along which something may pass | Synonyms: passage |
pathway | (noun) a trodden path | Synonyms: footpath |
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(noun) a bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain | Synonyms: nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract |
raceway | (noun) a canal for a current of water | Synonyms: race |
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(noun) a course over which races are run | Synonyms: racecourse, racetrack, track |
railway | (noun) line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | Synonyms: railroad, railroad line, railway line, railway system |
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(noun) a line of track providing a runway for wheels | Synonyms: railroad, railroad track |
ringway | (noun) a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | Synonyms: beltway, bypass, ring road |
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roadway | (noun) a road (especially that part of a road) over which vehicles travel | - |
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ropeway | (noun) a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers | Synonyms: aerial tramway, cable tramway, tram, tramway |
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runaway | (noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, laugher, romp, shoo-in, walkaway |
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(noun) someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | Synonyms: fleer, fugitive |
runway | (noun) a strip of level paved surface where planes can take off and land | - |
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(noun) a narrow platform extending from the stage into the audience in a theater or nightclub etc. | - |
(noun) a bar or pair of parallel bars of rolled steel making the railway along which railroad cars or other vehicles can roll | Synonyms: rail, rails, track |
(noun) a chute down which logs can slide | - |
seaway | (noun) a lane at sea that is a regularly used route for vessels | Synonyms: sea lane, ship route, trade route |
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shipway | (noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | Synonyms: slipway, ways |
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(noun) a canal large enough for seagoing vessels | Synonyms: ship canal |
skyway | (noun) a designated route followed by airplanes in flying from one airport to another | Synonyms: air lane, airway, flight path |
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slideway | (noun) sloping channel through which things can descend | Synonyms: chute, slide, sloping trough |
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slipway | (noun) structure consisting of a sloping way down to the water from the place where ships are built or repaired | Synonyms: shipway, ways |
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sluiceway | (noun) conduit that carries a rapid flow of water controlled by a sluicegate | Synonyms: penstock, sluice |
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speedway | (noun) a racetrack for racing automobiles or motorcycles | - |
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(noun) road where high speed driving is allowed | - |
spillway | (noun) a channel that carries excess water over or around a dam or other obstruction | Synonyms: spill, wasteweir |
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stairway | (noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps | Synonyms: staircase |
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steerageway | (noun) (nautical) the minimum rate of motion needed for a vessel to be maneuvered | - |
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stowaway | (noun) a person who hides aboard a ship or plane in the hope of getting free passage | - |
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straightaway | (noun) a straight segment of a roadway or racecourse | Synonyms: straight |
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subway | (noun) an electric railway operating below the surface of the ground (usually in a city) | Synonyms: metro, subway system, tube, underground |
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(noun) an underground tunnel or passage enabling pedestrians to cross a road or railway | Synonyms: underpass |
superhighway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, throughway, thruway |
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(noun) an extensive electronic network (such as the internet) used for the rapid transfer of sound and video and graphics in digital form | Synonyms: information superhighway |
sway | (noun) pitching dangerously to one side | Synonyms: careen, rock, tilt |
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(noun) controlling influence | - |
takeaway | (noun) the act of taking the ball or puck away from the team on the offense (as by the interception of a pass) | - |
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(noun) a concession made by a labor union to a company that is trying to lower its expenditures | - |
(noun) prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises | Synonyms: takeout, takeout food |
taxiway | (noun) a paved surface in the form of a strip; used by planes taxiing to or from the runway at an airport | Synonyms: taxi strip |
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tearaway | (noun) a reckless and impetuous person | - |
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throughway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, thruway |
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throwaway | (noun) an advertisement (usually printed on a page or in a leaflet) intended for wide distribution | Synonyms: bill, broadsheet, broadside, circular, flier, flyer, handbill |
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(noun) words spoken in a casual way with conscious under-emphasis | - |
(noun) (sometimes offensive) a homeless boy who has been abandoned and roams the streets | Synonyms: gamin, street arab |
thruway | (noun) a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | Synonyms: expressway, freeway, motorway, pike, state highway, superhighway, throughway |
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tideway | (noun) a channel in which a tidal current runs | - |
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tramway | (noun) the track on which trams or streetcars run | Synonyms: streetcar track, tramline |
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(noun) a conveyance that transports passengers or freight in carriers suspended from cables and supported by a series of towers | Synonyms: aerial tramway, cable tramway, ropeway, tram |
walkaway | (noun) an easy victory | Synonyms: blowout, laugher, romp, runaway, shoo-in |
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walkway | (noun) a path set aside for walking | Synonyms: paseo, walk |
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waterway | (noun) a conduit through which water flows | Synonyms: watercourse |
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(noun) a navigable body of water | - |
way | (noun) a course of conduct | Synonyms: path, way of life |
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(noun) to have the ability to produce a particular effect or achieve an end | Synonyms: agency, means |
(noun) a journey or passage | - |
(noun) any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another | - |
(noun) how something is done or how it happens | Synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, style |
(noun) the property of distance in general | - |
(noun) doing as one pleases or chooses | - |
(noun) a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of' | - |
(noun) a line leading to a place or point | Synonyms: direction |
(noun) a portion of something divided into shares | - |
(noun) space for movement | Synonyms: elbow room, room |
(noun) the condition of things generally | - |