WAY as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • how a result is obtained or an end is achieved
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • a means of control
    • an example is the best agency of instruction
    • the true way to success
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  2. Meaning
    • a journey or passage
    Usage Example(s)
    • they are on the way
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • a course of conduct
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • the path of virtue
    • we went our separate ways
    • our paths in life led us apart
    • genius usually follows a revolutionary path
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  4. Meaning
    • any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
    Usage Example(s)
    • he said he was looking for the way out
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  5. Meaning
    • how something is done or how it happens
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • 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
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s) Derived(s)
  6. Meaning
    • the property of distance in general
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • it’’s a long way to Moscow
    • he went a long ways
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  7. Meaning
    • doing as one pleases or chooses
    Usage Example(s)
    • if I had my way
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  8. Meaning
    • a general category of things
    • used in the expression `in the way of”
    Usage Example(s)
    • they didn”t have much in the way of clothing
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  9. Meaning
    • a line leading to a place or point
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • he looked the other direction
    • didn”t know the way home
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  10. Meaning
    • a portion of something divided into shares
    Usage Example(s)
    • the split the loot three ways
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  11. Meaning
    • space for movement
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • room to pass
    • make way for
    • hardly enough elbow room to turn around
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Hyponym(s)
  12. Meaning
    • the condition of things generally
    Usage Example(s)
    • that’’s the way it is
    • I felt the same way
    Hypernyms(s) way is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower

WAY as ADVERB

  1. Meaning
    • to a great degree or by a great distance
    • very much (`right smart” is regional in the United States)
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • way over budget
    • way off base
    • the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on