way

• (r) 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
  right smart,

Nouns

• (n) 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
  fashion, manner, mode, style,
• (n) 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
  means, agency,
• (n) a line leading to a place or point
  • he looked the other direction
  • didn't know the way home
  direction,
• (n) the condition of things generally
  • that's the way it is
  • I felt the same way
• (n) 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
  path, way of life,
• (n) any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another
  • he said he was looking for the way out
• (n) a journey or passage
  • they are on the way
• (n) space for movement
  • room to pass
  • make way for
  • hardly enough elbow room to turn around
  elbow room, room,
• (n) the property of distance in general
  • it's a long way to Moscow
  • he went a long ways
• (n) doing as one pleases or chooses
  • if I had my way
• (n) a general category of things; used in the expression "in the way of"
  • they didn't have much in the way of clothing
• (n) a portion of something divided into shares
  • they split the loot three ways

Synonyms

Words of close approximity