Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | method, technique |
| Synonyms: | action, approach, contrivance, course, course of action, custom, design, expedient, fashion, form, groove*, habit, habitude, hang-up, hook*, idea, instrument, kick, manner, means, measure, mode, modus, move, outline, plan, plot, policy, practice, procedure, process, scheme, shot, step, stroke, style, system, tack, thing*, usage, use, vehicle, wise, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | way |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | aspect, behavior, circumstance, condition, conduct, consuetude, custom, detail, fashion, feature, fettle, form, gait, groove, guise, hook, idiosyncrasy, kick*, manner, nature, particular, personality, point, practice, praxis, respect, sense, shape, shot, situation, state, status, style, thing*, tone, trait, trick, usage, use, wont |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | access |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admission, means of entry, approach |
| Synonyms: | admittance, approach, avenue, connection, contact, course, door, entrance, entree, entry, in, ingress, introduction, key, open arms, open door, passage, path, road, route, way |
| Antonyms: | egress, outlet |
| Main Entry: | admission |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entering or allowing entry |
| Synonyms: | acceptance, access, admittance, certification, confirmation, designation, door, entrance, entree, ingress, initiation, introduction, permission, reception, recognition, way, welcome |
| Notes: | admission implies a physical entrance, whereas admittance implies some sort of procedural or merely formal entry; admission correlates with permission to move into a room or building but admittance correlates with acceptance into a group or organization admission falls short of an acknowledgment of all elements of a crime - which would be a confession |
| Antonyms: | denial, exclusion, expulsion, refusal |
| Main Entry: | aisle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | passageway dividing something |
| Synonyms: | alley, artery, avenue, clearing, corridor, course, egress, gangway, hallway, ingress, lane, opening, passage, path, walk, way |
| Notes: | the bride actually walks up the nave (from Latin navis 'ship') of a church, not one of the aisles (one of the two parts parallel to the nave) |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, means of arriving |
| Synonyms: | access, accession, advance, advent, avenue, coming, drawing near, entrance, gate, landing, nearing, passage, path, reaching, road, way |
| Antonyms: | departure, distancing, leaving |
| Main Entry: | approach |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan of attack, resolution |
| Synonyms: | attitude, concept, course, crack, fling, go*, idea, lick, manner, means, method, mode, modus operandi, new wrinkle, offer, procedure, program, shot, stab, style, technique, way, whack, wrinkle |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | artery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | channel |
| Synonyms: | avenue, boulevard, canal, conduit, corridor, course, duct, highway, line, passage, pathway, road, route, sewer, thoroughfare, track, tube, way |
| Notes: | arteries carry clean oxygenated blood from the heart, veins return impure blood back to the heart, and capillaries connect the ends of arteries to the beginnings of veins |
| Main Entry: | avenue |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | street; path |
| Synonyms: | access, alley, approach, boulevard, channel, course, drive, entrance, entry, exit, outlet, parkway, passage, pathway, promenade, road, route, thoroughfare, way |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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