Way

//weɪ//

Synonyms for "way" (626 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (126)

manner advance alley approach artery channel course custom device direction distance fashion guise habitude means method path practice road room

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Adverb(4 words)

a bit a lot above a bit boots

Noun(1 words)

agency

Strong matches (187)

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dearest wish dearly love to decide decision decree deep space demand demeanor deportment depths of space desiderate desideration desideratum design desire determination determine devices dharma diathesis direction line discretion disposable resources disposition ditch divergence doing doings door drag drift driftway drive duct eagerness egress elbowroom endurance enterprise entrance entranceway entree entry entryway envisagement established way ethos etiquette exaggeration exit expedience expressed desire expression of ideas extension extent fancy fantasy far farness favor feel feeling for words fiber field figuring file for folkway forbidden fruit force of habit foresight forethought form form of speech formula forte forward motion forwardal forwarding frame free choice free course free hand free play free scope free will full scope full swing funds furtherance furthering game gangplank gangway genius gesture gestures glimmering goal go ahead go-ahead goings on goings-on golden vision grace of expression grain grandiloquence graphing ground plan guideline guidelines habit habit pattern hall hang have designs on heading headroom headway helmsmanship highroad highway hope horme hue humor humors idea ilk impetration in inclination indent infinity inflation ingress inlet instrument intake intellectual curiosity intention interval itch to journey kidney kind knack lane latitude lay layout leeway length lengthening libido lie light year light-years like like to liking line line of direction line of march lines

Noun(3 words)

direction elbow room fashion

Adverb(1 words)

far

Related words (313)

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makeup maneuvering space manner of speaking mannerism manners mapping march margin master plan mean means of access measure mechanism medium methodology methods metier mien mileage mind mode mode of expression modus modus operandi modus vivendi mold mores motions mould moulder mouldy mouth movements moves nature navigation need no no holds barred objective observable behavior observance ongoing onward course open space opening operations research order organization orientation parsecs passage passageway passion pathway pattern peculiarity perpetuation perseverance persistence personal style perspective pet subject petition physique picture piece piloting plan planning play pleasure pleasure principle plum point poise policy port pose posture power praxis prearrangement prefer prescription presence prize procedure proceeding process program program of action progress progression progressiveness prolongation promotion proper thing property protraction pursuance pursuit put in for quality quarter range rationalization reach recipe recourses remoteness repetition request requisition resolution resolve resorts resource resources rhetoric ride right smart ritual rolling rolling on room to spare rope route routine row run schedule schema schematism schematization scheme of arrangement scope sea room see fit sense of language separation set setup sexual desire shape significantly so social convention social science somatotype sort span spare room specialism speciality specialization specialty species spirit stamp standard behavior standard usage standing custom staying power steerage steerageway steering step stepping stone stereotype stereotyped behavior sternway stock straight course strain strategic plan strategy streak stretch stride stripe strong point style stylistic analysis stylistics suchness supply sustained action sustenance swing system systematization tack tactical plan tactics take to technicality technique temper temperament temptation tendency tenor the big picture the grand style the picture the plain style the sublime thing think fit think good think proper thirst for knowledge thoroughfare time-honored practice tolerance tone tool touch track tradition trail travel tread trench trend trick trophy trough troughing troughway tunnel turn type uninterrupted course unremittingness urge use variety vein velleity vestibule vocation volition want want to wanting way in way of life ways ways and means weakness what is done wherewith wherewithal whistle for wide berth will will and pleasure will power wish wish fulfillment wish to wish to goodness wish very much wonting working plan would fain do

Adverb(13 words)

loads mightily much murrain positively significantly simply so so much the house down very wicked wickedly

Noun(9 words)

manner means mode path room stepping stone style way of life web

Adverb(1 words)

right smart

Proper Noun(1 words)

tao

Intj(1 words)

yes way

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

11 relation types

More general

25 entries

artefact artifact category choice condition course course of action distance effectuation implementation itinerary journey journeying part path percentage

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More specific

61 entries

alley alleyway areaway avenue back alley back road back street blind alley boulevard bypath byroad byway causeway chare corduroy road crossroad

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Synonyms

37 entries

advance alley approach artery behaviour channel course custom device direction distance far fashion guise habitude highroad

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Related terms

18 entries

air corridor bridge corridor course crossroads double-u intersection itinerary junction passage racecourse racetrack railroad railway route settlement

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derived

563 entries

3-way Aemilian Way American way Blessing Way Dutton Way Fenway Five Ways Fosse Way God works in mysterious ways I-way Kingsway M way M-way Milky Way Shepway Way of the Cross

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

away

form of

1 entries

away

has context

11 entries

as head of interjectory clause chinese christianity heading nautical only in reply to no way paganism philosophy slang sussex us

is a

12 entries

artifact candy bar category choice condition course distance journey not weigh path path to somewhere share

part of

1 entries

transportation system

related to

60 entries

alley and or as ay bed christianity condition curds curds and direction double u far general general term heathenry ideal

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Translations

360 translations across 157 languages.

Albanian

3 entries

mënyrë noun (method or manner)
rrugë noun (road, direction, path)
udhë noun (road, direction, path)

Aleut

1 entries

akalux̂ noun (road, direction, path)

Amharic

1 entries

መንገድ noun (road, direction, path)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

κέλευθος noun (road, direction, path)
ὁδός noun (road, direction, path)
ὁδός noun (method or manner)

Antillean Creole

3 entries

istil noun (method or manner)
jan noun (method or manner)
mannyè noun (method or manner)

Arabic

4 entries

سَبِيل noun (road, direction, path)
طريق noun (road, direction, path)
طريقة noun (method or manner)
طَرِيق noun (road, direction, path)

Armenian

4 entries

եղանակ noun (method or manner)
կերպ noun (method or manner)
ճանապարհ noun (road, direction, path)
ճանապարհ noun (method or manner)

Avar

1 entries

нух noun (road, direction, path)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

cür noun (method or manner)
minval noun (method or manner)
sayaq noun (method or manner)
yol noun (road, direction, path)

Bashkir

3 entries

юл noun (road, direction, path)
юл noun (means to enter or leave)
юл noun (method or manner)

Basque

1 entries

bide noun (road, direction, path)

Belarusian

3 entries

даро́га noun (road, direction, path)
пуць noun (road, direction, path)
шлях noun (road, direction, path)

Bengali

2 entries

পথ noun (road, direction, path)
রাস্তা noun (road, direction, path)

Breton

1 entries

hent noun (road, direction, path)

Budukh

1 entries

рих noun (road, direction, path)

Bulgarian

2 entries

на́чин noun (method or manner)
път noun (road, direction, path)

Burmese

2 entries

နည်း noun (method or manner)
လမ်း noun (road, direction, path)

Caló

1 entries

dron noun (road, direction, path)

Catalan

4 entries

camí noun (road, direction, path)
manera noun (method or manner)
mitjà noun (means to enter or leave)
via noun (road, direction, path)

Cebuano

2 entries

dalan noun (road, direction, path)
paagi noun (method or manner)

Central Kurdish

3 entries

جۆر noun (method or manner)
ڕێ noun (road, direction, path)
ڕێگە noun (road, direction, path)

Chichewa

1 entries

msewu noun (road, direction, path)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

方式 noun (method or manner)
方法 noun (method or manner)
辦法 /办法 noun (method or manner)
道 noun (road, direction, path)

Church Slavic

4 entries

пѫть noun (road, direction, path)
цѣста noun (road, direction, path)
ⱂⱘⱅⱐ noun (road, direction, path)
ⱌⱑⱄⱅⰰ noun (road, direction, path)

Czech

2 entries

cesta noun (road, direction, path)
způsob noun (method or manner)

Danish

3 entries

facon noun (method or manner)
måde noun (method or manner)
vej noun (road, direction, path)

Dutch

2 entries

manier noun (method or manner)
weg noun (road, direction, path)

Dzongkha

1 entries

ལམ noun (road, direction, path)

Egyptian

1 entries

m-T:n-N31 noun (road, direction, path)

Esperanto

2 entries

maniero noun (method or manner)
vojo noun (road, direction, path)

Estonian

1 entries

tee noun (road, direction, path)

Even

1 entries

хот noun (road, direction, path)

Evenki

1 entries

хокто noun (road, direction, path)

Ewe

1 entries

mɔ́ noun (road, direction, path)

Faroese

1 entries

vegur noun (road, direction, path)

Finnish

4 entries

hyvä tapa noun (as the head of an interjectory clause)
johde noun (longitudinal guiding surfaces on the bed of a planer, lathe, etc.)
kautta noun (means to enter or leave)
kunto noun (state or condition)

French

4 entries

chemin noun (road, direction, path)
façon noun (method or manner)
manière noun (method or manner)
moyen noun (means to enter or leave)

Friulian

1 entries

mût noun (method or manner)

Galician

3 entries

camiño noun (road, direction, path)
ruta noun (road, direction, path)
vía noun (road, direction, path)

Georgian

2 entries

გზა noun (road, direction, path)
ხერხი noun (method or manner)

German

4 entries

Art noun (method or manner)
Methode noun (method or manner)
Weg noun (road, direction, path)
Weise noun (method or manner)

Gorontalo

1 entries

dalalo noun (road, direction, path)

Greek

2 entries

δρόμος noun (road, direction, path)
τρόπος noun (method or manner)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

fason noun (method or manner)

Hawaiian

1 entries

ala noun (road, direction, path)

Hebrew

4 entries

אמצעי noun (means to enter or leave)
דֶּרֶךְ noun (road, direction, path)
דרך noun (method or manner)
שיטה noun (method or manner)

Higaonon

1 entries

dalan noun (road, direction, path)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

dalan noun (road, direction, path)

Hindi

4 entries

तरह noun (method or manner)
तरीक़ा noun (method or manner)
पथ noun (road, direction, path)
रास्ता noun (road, direction, path)

Hiri Motu

1 entries

dala noun (road, direction, path)

Hungarian

2 entries

mód noun (method or manner)
út noun (road, direction, path)

Icelandic

1 entries

vegur noun (road, direction, path)

Ido

1 entries

voyo noun (road, direction, path)

Indonesian

4 entries

cara noun (means to enter or leave)
cara noun (method or manner)
cara noun (as the head of an interjectory clause)
jalan noun (road, direction, path)

Ingrian

4 entries

koosi noun (method or manner)
mooto noun (method or manner)
tapa noun (method or manner)
viisi noun (method or manner)

Interlingua

4 entries

cammino noun (road, direction, path)
maniera noun (method or manner)
medio noun (means to enter or leave)
modo noun (method or manner)

Irish

4 entries

bealach noun (road, direction, path)
bealach noun (method or manner)
slí noun (road, direction, path)
slí noun (method or manner)

Istriot

1 entries

veîa noun (road, direction, path)

Italian

4 entries

maniera noun (method or manner)
mezzo noun (means to enter or leave)
modo noun (method or manner)
via noun (road, direction, path)

Japanese

4 entries

仕方 noun (method or manner)
手口 noun (method or manner)
手段 noun (method or manner)
方法 noun (method or manner)

Javanese

1 entries

dalan noun (road, direction, path)

Kashubian

1 entries

spòsób noun (method or manner)

Kazakh

1 entries

жол noun (road, direction, path)

Khmer

4 entries

ថ្នល់ noun (road, direction, path)
ផ្លូវ noun (road, direction, path)
ពិធី noun (method or manner)
វិធី noun (method or manner)

Kokborok

1 entries

lam noun (road, direction, path)

Korean

2 entries

길 noun (road, direction, path)
방법 noun (method or manner)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

жол noun (road, direction, path)

Lao

2 entries

ທາງ noun (road, direction, path)
ວິທີ noun (method or manner)

Latin

4 entries

camminus noun (road, direction, path)
genus noun (method or manner)
modus noun (method or manner)
ratio noun (method or manner)

Latvian

2 entries

ceļš noun (road, direction, path)
veids noun (method or manner)

Lezgi

1 entries

рехъ noun (road, direction, path)

Lithuanian

3 entries

bū̃das noun (method or manner)
kelias noun (road, direction, path)
kẽlias noun (method or manner)

Livonian

1 entries

riek noun (road, direction, path)

Luxembourgish

3 entries

Manéier noun (method or manner)
Uluecht noun (method or manner)
Wee noun (road, direction, path)

Lü

1 entries

ᦑᦱᧂ noun (road, direction, path)

Macedonian

1 entries

пат noun (road, direction, path)

Malagasy

1 entries

lalana noun (road, direction, path)

Malay

2 entries

cara noun (method or manner)
jalan noun (road, direction, path)

Mansaka

1 entries

daran noun (road, direction, path)

Minangkabau

1 entries

jalan noun (road, direction, path)

Mongolian

3 entries

арга noun (method or manner)
зам noun (road, direction, path)
ᠵᠠᠮ noun (road, direction, path)

Motu

1 entries

dara noun (road, direction, path)

Mwani

1 entries

njira noun (road, direction, path)

Māori

2 entries

ara noun (road, direction, path)
riunga noun (road, direction, path)

Nanai

1 entries

покто noun (road, direction, path)

North Frisian

1 entries

wäi noun (road, direction, path)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries

rê noun (road, direction, path)

Northern Thai

1 entries

ᨴᩤ᩠ᨦ noun (road, direction, path)

Norwegian

1 entries

måte noun (method or manner)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

vei noun (road, direction, path)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

veg noun (road, direction, path)

Occitan

3 entries

camin noun (road, direction, path)
mejan noun (means to enter or leave)
via noun (road, direction, path)

Old East Slavic

1 entries

путь noun (road, direction, path)

Old English

3 entries

weġ noun (road, direction, path)
wīse noun (method or manner)
ƿeg noun (road, direction, path)

Old French

1 entries

manere noun (method or manner)

Old Galician-Portuguese

1 entries

caminho noun (road, direction, path)

Old Javanese

1 entries

hĕnu noun (road, direction, path)

Old Norse

1 entries

vegr noun (road, direction, path)

Old Turkic

1 entries

𐰖𐰆𐰞 noun (road, direction, path)

Ossetian

1 entries

фӕндаг noun (road, direction, path)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

طور noun (method or manner)
یول noun (road, direction, path)
یول noun (means to enter or leave)
یول noun (method or manner)

Pashto

2 entries

لار noun (road, direction, path)
لار noun (method or manner)

Persian

4 entries

راه noun (road, direction, path)
راه noun (method or manner)
روش noun (method or manner)
طریقه noun (method or manner)

Pitjantjatjara

1 entries

iwara noun (road, direction, path)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Wajch noun (road, direction, path)
Wies noun (method or manner)

Polish

4 entries

droga noun (road, direction, path)
metoda noun (method or manner)
rozwiązanie noun (method or manner)
sposób noun (method or manner)

Portuguese

4 entries

caminho noun (road, direction, path)
caminho noun (means to enter or leave)
caminho noun (roughly-defined geographical area)
caminho noun (determined course)

Quechua

1 entries

ñan noun (road, direction, path)

Romani

1 entries

drom noun (road, direction, path)

Romanian

4 entries

cale noun (road, direction, path)
drum noun (road, direction, path)
fel noun (method or manner)
mod noun (method or manner)

Russian

4 entries

доро́га noun (road, direction, path)
ме́тод noun (method or manner)
путь noun (road, direction, path)
путь noun (means to enter or leave)

Saho

1 entries

arax noun (road, direction, path)

Sanskrit

2 entries

पथ noun (road, direction, path)
मार्ग noun (road, direction, path)

Scots

1 entries

wey noun (method or manner)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

dòigh noun (method or manner)
modh noun (method or manner)
slighe noun (road, direction, path)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

pȗt noun (road, direction, path)
пу̑т noun (road, direction, path)

Shan

1 entries

တၢင်း noun (road, direction, path)

Shor

1 entries

чол noun (road, direction, path)

Sidamo

1 entries

doogo noun (road, direction, path)

Slovak

2 entries

cesta noun (road, direction, path)
spôsob noun (method or manner)

Slovene

1 entries

pot noun (road, direction, path)

Somali

1 entries

jid noun (road, direction, path)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јол noun (road, direction, path)

Spanish

4 entries

camino noun (road, direction, path)
derrota noun (nautical: speed, progress, momentum)
derrotero noun (nautical: speed, progress, momentum)
forma noun (method or manner)

Swahili

4 entries

mamna noun (road, direction, path)
mamna noun (means to enter or leave)
mamna noun (method or manner)
njia noun (method or manner)

Swedish

3 entries

sätt noun (method or manner)
vis noun (method or manner)
väg noun (road, direction, path)

Tahitian

1 entries

éà noun (road, direction, path)

Tajik

1 entries

роҳ noun (road, direction, path)

Tamil

1 entries

வழி noun (road, direction, path)

Tarifit

1 entries

abrid noun (road, direction, path)

Tatar

1 entries

юл noun (road, direction, path)

Telugu

3 entries

దారి noun (road, direction, path)
పద్ధతి noun (method or manner)
మార్గము noun (road, direction, path)

Tetum

1 entries

dalan noun (road, direction, path)

Thai

4 entries

ทาง noun (road, direction, path)
วิถี noun (method or manner)
วิถีทาง noun (means to enter or leave)
วิธี noun (method or manner)

Tibetan

1 entries

ལམ noun (road, direction, path)

Tigrinya

1 entries

መንገዲ noun (road, direction, path)

Tocharian A

1 entries

ytār noun (road, direction, path)

Tocharian B

2 entries

yakne noun (method or manner)
ytārye noun (road, direction, path)

Turkish

4 entries

imkan noun (possibility)
mümkünat noun (possibility)
yol noun (road, direction, path)
yol noun (method or manner)

Turkmen

1 entries

ýol noun (road, direction, path)

Tuvan

2 entries

арга noun (method or manner)
орук noun (road, direction, path)

Tày

1 entries

bưởng noun (road, direction, path)

Ukrainian

4 entries

доро́га noun (road, direction, path)
путь noun (road, direction, path)
спо́сіб noun (method or manner)
шлях noun (road, direction, path)

Urdu

4 entries

راستہ noun (road, direction, path)
راہ noun (road, direction, path)
طرح noun (method or manner)
طریقہ noun (method or manner)

Uyghur

1 entries

يول noun (road, direction, path)

Uzbek

1 entries

yoʻl noun (road, direction, path)

Vietnamese

2 entries

cách noun (method or manner)
lối noun (means to enter or leave)

Walloon

4 entries

façon noun (method or manner)
manire noun (method or manner)
tchimin noun (road, direction, path)
voye noun (road, direction, path)

Welsh

3 entries

ffordd noun (road, direction, path)
ffordd noun (method or manner)
modd noun (method or manner)

West-Frisian

1 entries

wei noun (road, direction, path)

Yakut

1 entries

суол noun (road, direction, path)

Yiddish

2 entries

אופֿן noun (method or manner)
וועג noun (road, direction, path)

Zande

1 entries

gine noun (road, direction, path)

Zazaki

4 entries

edet (diq) noun (paganism: dedication to a specific deity or craft)
ray noun (road, direction, path)
ray noun (method or manner)
sop noun (roughly-defined geographical area)

Zhuang

2 entries

dauh noun (road, direction, path)
loh noun (road, direction, path)

Zyphe

1 entries

dang noun (road, direction, path)

ǃXóõ

1 entries

ʻáu noun (road, direction, path)

Sample sentences

61 total sentences available.

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You are in my way.

Source: tatoeba (1296)

This is always the way it has been.

Source: tatoeba (1356)

I think my living with you has influenced your way of living.

Source: tatoeba (1384)

If you didn't know me that way then you simply didn't know me.

Source: tatoeba (1406)

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