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way
Overview of noun way
The noun way has 12 senses (first 12 from tagged texts)
1. (652) manner, mode, style, way, fashion -- (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")
2. (367) means, agency, way -- (how a result is obtained or an end is achieved; "a means of control"; "an example is the best agency of instruction"; "the true way to success")
3. (162) way -- (a journey or passage; "they are on the way")
4. (153) way -- (the condition of things generally; "that's the way it is"; "I felt the same way")
5. (106) way, path, way of life -- (a course of conduct; "the path of virtue"; "we went our separate ways"; "our paths in life led us apart"; "genius usually follows a revolutionary path")
6. (88) way -- (any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another; "he said he was looking for the way out")
7. (85) direction, way -- (a line leading to a place or point; "he looked the other direction"; "didn't know the way home")
8. (49) way -- (the property of distance in general; "it's a long way to Moscow"; "he went a long ways")
9. (27) way -- (doing as one pleases or chooses; "if I had my way")
10. (22) way -- (a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'; "they didn't have much in the way of clothing")
11. (19) room, way, elbow room -- (space for movement; "room to pass"; "make way for"; "hardly enough elbow room to turn around")
12. (1) way -- (a portion of something divided into shares; "the split the loot three ways")
Overview of adv way
The adv way has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (7) way, right smart -- (to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); "way over budget"; "way off base"; "the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun way
12 senses of way
Sense 1
manner, mode, style, way, fashion
=> property
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 2
means, agency, way
=> implementation, effectuation
=> deed, feat, effort, exploit
=> accomplishment, achievement
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 3
way
=> journey, journeying
=> travel, traveling, travelling
=> motion, movement, move
=> change
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 4
way
=> condition, status
=> state
=> attribute
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 5
way, path, way of life
=> course, course of action
=> action
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 6
way
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 7
direction, way
=> path, route, itinerary
=> line
=> location
=> object, physical object
=> physical entity
=> entity
Sense 8
way
=> distance
=> spacing, spatial arrangement
=> placement, arrangement
=> position, spatial relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 9
way
=> choice, pick, selection
=> decision making, deciding
=> higher cognitive process
=> process, cognitive process, mental process, operation, cognitive operation
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 10
way
=> category
=> concept, conception, construct
=> idea, thought
=> content, cognitive content, mental object
=> cognition, knowledge, noesis
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 11
room, way, elbow room
=> position, spatial relation
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Sense 12
way
=> share, portion, part, percentage
=> assets
=> possession
=> relation
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun way
6 of 12 senses of way
Sense 1
manner, mode, style, way, fashion
=> artistic style, idiom
=> drape
=> fit
=> form
=> life style, life-style, lifestyle, modus vivendi
=> setup
=> touch, signature
=> wise
Sense 2
means, agency, way
=> dint
=> escape
=> fast track
=> instrument, tool
=> road
=> stepping stone
=> expedient
=> desperate measure
=> open sesame
=> salvation
=> tooth
=> voice
=> wings
Sense 5
way, path, way of life
=> ambages
=> primrose path
=> straight and narrow, strait and narrow
=> Sunnah, Sunna, hadith
=> warpath
Sense 6
way
=> access, approach
=> lane
=> passage
=> path
=> road, route
=> stairway, staircase
=> watercourse, waterway
Sense 7
direction, way
=> bearing, heading, aim
=> course, trend
=> east-west direction
=> north-south direction
=> qibla
=> tendency, trend
Sense 11
room, way, elbow room
=> seating, seats, seating room, seating area
=> standing room
=> breathing room, breathing space
=> headroom, headway, clearance
=> houseroom
=> living space, lebensraum
=> parking
=> sea room
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun way
12 senses of way
Sense 1
manner, mode, style, way, fashion
=> property
Sense 2
means, agency, way
=> implementation, effectuation
Sense 3
way
=> journey, journeying
Sense 4
way
=> condition, status
Sense 5
way, path, way of life
=> course, course of action
Sense 6
way
=> artifact, artefact
Sense 7
direction, way
=> path, route, itinerary
Sense 8
way
=> distance
Sense 9
way
=> choice, pick, selection
Sense 10
way
=> category
Sense 11
room, way, elbow room
=> position, spatial relation
Sense 12
way
=> share, portion, part, percentage
Antonyms of noun way
Member Holonyms of noun way
Substance Holonyms of noun way
Part Holonyms of noun way
1 of 12 senses of way
Sense 6
way
PART OF: transportation system, transportation, transit
Member Meronyms of noun way
Substance Meronyms of noun way
Part Meronyms of noun way
1 of 12 senses of way
Sense 6
way
HAS PART: wayside, roadside
Meronyms of noun way
1 of 12 senses of way
Sense 6
way
HAS PART: wayside, roadside
Holonyms of noun way
1 of 12 senses of way
Sense 6
way
PART OF: transportation system, transportation, transit
Attributes of noun way
Derived Forms of noun way
Domain of noun way
1 of 12 senses of way
Sense 8
way
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of noun way
Familiarity of noun way
way used as a noun is familiar (polysemy count =12)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun way
12 senses of way
Sense 1
manner, mode, style, way, fashion
> property
=> actinism
=> isotropy, symmetry
=> anisotropy
=> characteristic, device characteristic
=> connectivity
=> duality, wave-particle duality
=> heredity, genetic endowment
=> age
=> manner, mode, style, way, fashion
=> constitution, composition, makeup
=> consistency, consistence, body
=> disposition
=> tactile property, feel
=> visual property
=> olfactory property, smell, aroma, odor, odour, scent
=> sound property
=> fullness, mellowness, richness
=> taste property
=> saltiness
=> edibility, edibleness
=> bodily property
=> physical property
=> chemical property
=> sustainability
=> strength
=> concentration
=> weakness
=> temporal property
=> viability
=> spatial property, spatiality
=> magnitude
=> degree, grade, level
=> size
=> hydrophobicity
=> analyticity
=> compositeness
=> primality
=> selectivity
=> vascularity
=> extension
=> solvability, solubility
=> unsolvability, insolubility
Sense 2
means, agency, way
> implementation, effectuation
=> invocation
=> instrumentation
=> motorization, motorisation
=> means, agency, way
=> practice, praxis
Sense 3
way
> journey, journeying
=> commute
=> drive, ride
=> long haul
=> mush
=> odyssey
=> trip
=> passage, transit
=> expedition
=> digression, excursion
=> schlep, shlep
=> trek
=> tour, circuit
=> pilgrimage, pilgrim's journey
=> excursion, jaunt, outing, junket, pleasure trip, expedition, sashay
=> voyage
=> way
Sense 4
way
> condition, status
=> anchorage
=> health
=> mode
=> niche, ecological niche
=> noise conditions
=> participation, involvement
=> prepossession
=> regularization, regularisation
=> saturation
=> silence
=> situation, position
=> ski conditions
=> nomination
=> standardization, standardisation
=> stigmatism
=> astigmatism, astigmia
=> way
=> circumstance
=> homelessness
=> reinstatement
=> place
=> celibacy
=> virginity
=> innocence
=> purity, pureness, sinlessness, innocence, whiteness
=> guilt, guiltiness
=> encapsulation
=> polarization, polarisation
=> pathological state
=> disorder, upset
=> hyalinization, hyalinisation
=> vacuolization, vacuolisation, vacuolation
=> protuberance
=> curvature
=> psychological state, mental state
=> difficulty
=> improvement, melioration
=> decline, declination
=> ennoblement
=> dominance, ascendance, ascendence, ascendancy, ascendency, control
=> comfort, comfortableness
=> discomfort, uncomfortableness
=> need, demand
=> fullness
=> emptiness
=> nakedness, nudity, nudeness
=> hairlessness, depilation
=> dishabille, deshabille
=> hopefulness
=> despair, desperation
=> purity, pureness
=> impurity, impureness
=> financial condition, economic condition
=> sanitary condition
=> tilth
=> orderliness, order
=> disorderliness, disorder
=> normality, normalcy
=> abnormality, abnormalcy, abnormal condition
=> lactosuria
=> environmental condition
=> climate, mood
=> atmosphere, ambiance, ambience
=> unsusceptibility, immunity
=> immunity, resistance
=> subservience
=> susceptibility, susceptibleness
=> wetness
=> dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
=> safety
=> danger
=> tension, tensity, tenseness, tautness
=> atonicity, atony, atonia, amyotonia
=> laxness, laxity
=> repair
=> soundness
=> mutism, muteness
=> eye condition
=> unsoundness
=> impropriety
=> iniquity, wickedness, darkness, dark
=> light, illumination
=> malady
=> serration
=> absolution
=> automation
=> brutalization, brutalisation
=> condemnation
=> deification
=> diversification
=> exoneration
=> facilitation
=> frizz
=> fruition
=> hospitalization
=> identification
=> impaction
=> ionization, ionisation
=> irradiation
=> leakiness
=> lubrication
=> mechanization, mechanisation
=> motivation
=> mummification
=> preservation
=> prognathism
=> rustication
=> rustiness
=> scandalization, scandalisation
=> submission
=> urbanization, urbanisation
Sense 5
way, path, way of life
> course, course of action
=> blind alley
=> collision course
=> way, path, way of life
Sense 6
way
> artifact, artefact
=> article
=> facility
=> Americana
=> anachronism
=> antiquity
=> block
=> button
=> commodity, trade good, good
=> cone
=> covering
=> creation
=> decker
=> decoration, ornament, ornamentation
=> electroplate
=> enclosure
=> excavation
=> extra, duplicate
=> fabric, cloth, material, textile
=> facility, installation
=> fixture
=> float
=> insert, inset
=> instrumentality, instrumentation
=> lemon, stinker
=> line
=> marker
=> mystification
=> opening
=> padding, cushioning
=> plaything, toy
=> ready-made
=> restoration
=> sheet, flat solid
=> sphere
=> square
=> squeaker
=> strip, slip
=> structure, construction
=> surface
=> thing
=> track
=> way
=> weight
=> building material
=> paving material
Sense 7
direction, way
> path, route, itinerary
=> feeder line
=> main line
=> track, data track
=> air lane, flight path, airway, skyway
=> traffic pattern, approach pattern, pattern
=> flight path
=> beat, round
=> bus route
=> line of flight
=> line of march
=> orbit, celestial orbit
=> orbit, electron orbit
=> paper route, paper round
=> beeline
=> circuit
=> crosscut
=> supply line, supply route
=> line of fire
=> migration route, flyway
=> fairway
=> direction, way
=> trade route
HAS INSTANCE=> Northwest Passage
Sense 8
way
> distance
=> way
=> piece
=> mean distance
=> farness, remoteness, farawayness
=> nearness, closeness
=> wavelength
=> focal distance, focal length
=> hyperfocal distance
=> leap
=> span
=> wheelbase
=> interval, separation
=> remove
=> yardage
=> hour, minute
=> mileage, milage
=> elevation
=> hour angle
Sense 9
way
> choice, pick, selection
=> pleasure
=> favorite, favourite
=> way
Sense 10
way
> category
=> kind, sort, form, variety
=> pigeonhole
=> rubric
=> way
Sense 11
room, way, elbow room
> position, spatial relation
=> occlusion
=> tilt, list, inclination, lean, leaning
=> gradient, slope
=> placement, arrangement
=> point of view
=> coincidence
=> dead center, dead centre
=> centrality
=> marginality
=> anteriority
=> posteriority
=> outwardness, externality
=> inwardness
=> malposition, misplacement
=> northernness
=> southernness
=> horizontality
=> verticality, verticalness, erectness, uprightness
=> slot
=> room, way, elbow room
=> direction
=> angular position
Sense 12
way
> share, portion, part, percentage
=> tranche
=> dispensation
=> dole
=> way
=> ration
=> allowance
=> slice, piece
=> split
=> interest, stake
=> profit sharing
=> cut
=> allotment, allocation
Meronyms of noun way
12 senses of way
Sense 3
way
=> journey, journeying
HAS PART: stage, leg
Sense 6
way
HAS PART: wayside, roadside
=> artifact, artefact
=> whole, unit
HAS PART: part, portion
HAS PART: section, segment
Holonyms of noun way
1 of 12 senses of way
Sense 6
way
PART OF: transportation system, transportation, transit
PART OF: infrastructure, base
Grep of noun way
aerial tramway
airway
alleyway
anne hathaway
apex of the sun's way
appian way
archway
areaway
battle of midway
black caraway
breakaway
breaking away
broadway
byway
cable railway
cable tramway
capital of norway
caraway
carriageway
castaway
causeway
clearway
cog railway
companionway
cross-florida waterway
crossway
cutaway
divided highway
doorway
driveway
dual carriageway
dwindling away
eating away
elevated railway
entranceway
entryway
ernest hemingway
expressway
fading away
fairway
flaminian way
flyway
freeway
funicular railway
galloway
galway
gangway
gateway
getaway
giveaway
going away
great white way
greenway
hallway
hatchway
hathaway
headway
heinrich engelhard steinway
hemingway
henry engelhard steinway
henry steinway
hideaway
highway
information superhighway
interstate highway
ioway
kingdom of norway
leeway
midway
milky way
milky way galaxy
milky way system
motorway
moving stairway
mulloway
nerve pathway
nevil shute norway
norway
off-broadway
ojibway
okeechobee waterway
one-way light time
one-way street
overhead railway
parkway
passageway
pathway
raceway
rack railway
railway
right of way
roadway
ropeway
roundabout way
runaway
running away
runway
saint lawrence seaway
scenic railway
seaway
segway
shipway
skagway
skyway
slideway
slipway
sluiceway
speedway
spillway
st. lawrence seaway
stairway
state highway
steerageway
steinway
stowaway
straightaway
subway
superhighway
sway
takeaway
taxiway
tearaway
the way of the world
three-way calling
three-way switch
throughway
throwaway
throwing away
thruway
tideway
tramway
turning away
two-way street
underground railway
walkaway
walkway
wasting away
waterway
way
way of life
way out
way station
waybill
wayfarer
wayfaring
wayfaring tree
wayland
wayland the smith
wayne
wayne gretzky
ways
ways and means
ways and means committee
wayside
wearing away
whirlaway
whorled caraway
Grep of verb way
back away
barter away
bear away
beaver away
blaze away
blink away
break away
carry away
cart away
cast away
causeway
chase away
chip away
clear away
come away
cut away
die away
draw away
drift away
drive away
drop away
dwindle away
eat away
ebb away
fade away
fall away
file away
flow away
fool away
frighten away
fritter away
frivol away
get away
give away
give way
go a long way
go away
grind away
haul away
have it away
hive away
hold sway
keep away
laugh away
lay away
lock away
look away
make headway
make way
pass away
peg away
piddle away
pine away
plug away
point the way
pull away
push away
put away
rationalise away
rationalize away
ride away
run away
rush away
salt away
scare away
send away
shoo away
shut away
sign away
slip away
sneak away
spirit away
square away
squirrel away
stack away
stash away
stay away
steal away
stow away
sway
sweep away
take away
tear away
throw away
toss away
trifle away
tuck away
turn away
walk away
wanton away
wash away
waylay
wear away
while away
whisk away
whittle away
wipe away
yack away
yap away
Grep of adj way
away
breakaway
faraway
flyaway
foldaway
halfway
in a bad way
midway
one-way
out-of-the-way
runaway
straightaway
take-away
tearaway
three-way
throwaway
thrown-away
two-way
underway
way-out
wayfaring
wayward
Antonyms of adv way
Synonyms of adv way
1 sense of way
Sense 1
way, right smart
Pertainyms of adv way
Domain of adv way
1 sense of way
Sense 1
way, right smart
USAGE>(noun) colloquialism#1
Domain Terms of adv way
Familiarity of adv way
way used as an adverb is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adv way
all the way
anyway
away
by the way
every which way
far and away
from way back
halfway
in a big way
in a broad way
in a heartfelt way
in a similar way
in a way
in an elaborate way
in no way
in some way
midway
on the way
out and away
right away
sideway
someway
straightaway
straightway
the other way around
the right way
the whole way
under way
way
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