Way

Noun

 * 1) A path.
 * 2) An unspecified distance.
 * 1912 Jack Judge and Henry "Harry" James Williams, a marching and music hall song, It`s a Long Way to Tipperary, popularized esp. by British troops in World War One:
 * It's a long way to Tipperary, / it's a long way to go.
 * 1) A method of doing something.
 * 2) The means to navigate a path.
 * 3) Possibility (usually in the phrases 'any way' and 'no way').
 * 4)  A tradition within the modern pagan faith of Heathenry, dedication to a specific deity or craft, Way of wyrd, Way of runes, Way of Thor etc.
 * 5)  Speed
 * 6) * 1977, Richard O'Kane, Clear the Bridge: The War Patrols of the U.S.S. Tang, Ballantine Books (2003), page 343:
 * Ten minutes into the run Tang slowed, Welch calling out her speed as she lost way.

Quotations

 * "Do you know the way to San Jose?" [ song title and lyric, Bacharach and David]
 * To walk the Way of the Runes, you must experience the runes as they manifest both in the part of Midgard that lies outside yourself and the worlds within. (Diana Paxson)''

Hyponyms

 * See also Thesaurus:way

Derived terms

 * by way of
 * every which way
 * give way
 * in the way
 * have a way with
 * have one's way


 * have one's wicked way
 * no way
 * no way to treat a lady
 * on the way
 * right of way
 * runway


 * slipway
 * taxiway
 * way of all flesh
 * Way of the Cross
 * way of the world / ways of the world
 * waybill

Adverb

 * 1)  Much.
 * I'm way too tired to do that.
 * I'm a way better singer than she.
 * 1) * 2006, Keyboard, Volume 32, Issues 1-6, page 132,
 * It turns out that's way more gain than you need for a keyboard, but you don't have to use all of it to benefit from the sonic characteristics.
 * 1)  very.
 * I'm way tired
 * String theory is way cool, except for the math.
 * 1) * 2005, Erika V. Shearin Karres, Crushes, Flirts, & Friends: A Real Girl's Guide to Boy Smarts, page 16,
 * With all the way cool boys out there, what if you don't recognize them because you don't know what to look for? Or, what if you have a chance to pick a perfect Prince and you end up with a yucky Frog instead?

Verb

 * 1)  To travel.
 * 2) * 1596, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, IV.ii:
 * on a time as they together way'd, / He made him open chalenge [...].

Adjectives for Way
abnormal; absolute; admirable; abstract; accommodating; admonitory; adroit; advantageous; agitated; agreeable; aimless; airy; allegorical; ancient; ambitious; amorous; applauded; arched; appointed; artful; assured; astounding; avoidable; bachelor; busy; calculating; caressing; categorical; celestial; challenged; chance; characteristic; charming; cheap; cheerful; childish; comical; circuitous; cold; comfortable; compact; companionable;  comparative;   complete; composed; comradely; confidential; convenient; cordial; creative; critical; cynical; dank; dark; darkling; dauntless; defiant; deep; delicate; delicious; delightful; depreciating; desolate; desultory; devious; dignified; dim; direct; disagreeable; dishonest; disorderly; distant; distempered; divers (pi); divine; dogged; dolorous; doubtful; doubtless; dreamy; dull; dusty; easy; eccentric; effective; endearing; egoistic; elaborate; enigmatical; enlightened; erring; everlasting; existing; execrable; expeditious; expensive; explicable; expressive; false; fantastic; farthest; fathomable; fiery; flaming; flowered; foul; fumbling; genial; glib; gloomy; good-humored; gracious; gratifying; grave; grim; guileless; happy; half-frightened; hateful; hearty; heavenward; heavy-hearted; heedful; heterogeneous; hilarious; honorable; humble; idiomatic; idle; illogical; immortal; imperious; impersonal; impetuous; impregnable; incomprehensible; inconsequent; indefinite; indifferent; indirect; inexplicable; infinite; inflexible; ingenious; inscrutable; insolent; insular; inspired; intimate; introverted; irregular; invisible; irresistible;  irritating;  jerky; jostling; kind; laborious; lampless; labyrinthine; languid; last; laudable; lawful; leafy; learned; legendary; leisure; listless; lofty; loitering; lonely; luxurious; magical; marvelous; melancholy; mild; military; mischievous; modern; monstrous; moon-lit; muddled; murderous; muffled; mysterious; mystical; narrow; nasty; negative; noiseless; objective; night-wandering; nudging; obscure; obedient; offensive; oily; old; organic; original; ostentatious; outmoded; over-darkened; particular; peaceable; passive; paved; pebbly; peculiar; penetrating; peremptory; perfunctory; perilous; perplexing; picturesque; pilgrim; plausible; practical; prefatory; preoccupied; priestly; primrose; privy; promiscuous; promising; prosperous; provincial; provoking; prudent; public; quaint; queer; quick; rakish; random; rational; ready; realistic; reasonable; reassuring; reckless; reflective; respected; restless; restrained; restricted; roundabout; rude; rugged; safe; satisfactory; scaly; scornful; scrupulous; secret; self-chosen; self-made; self-pleasing; servile; shameful; facile; sharp; sheepish; shy; silly; sinuous; slimy; slippery; sodden; soft; solitary; sophisticated; sound;  spasmodic;  special; spectacular;   spiky;   spirited;   sporadic; spring; squalid; starry; steadfast; stiff-necked; stolid; strange; stylish; sublime; subterranean; successful; sunken; supernatural; suspicious; symmetrical; sympathetic; systematic; temporary; tainted; tentative; theological; thorny; toilsome; tortuous; trackless; tranquil; treacherous; tricky; tumultuous; unaccountable; unceremonious; unchristian; uncompromising; uncouth; undynamic; unemotional; unerring; unexpected; uneven; unfriendly; ungenerous; ungracious; unhandsome; unimpassioned; unique; unkindled; unknown; unmeaning; unmerciful; unmistakable; unmitigated; unobtrusive; unpremeditated; unskilled; unslackened; unsuspected; untrodden; untutored; unwithered; upland; varied; venturous; vigorous; vulgar; wandering; wanton; wary; weary; weedy; whimsical; wildering; willowy; winding; woodland; workable; con¬scientious; constrained; contrary; half-fascinated.

Verbs for Way
adapt to—s; bar—; betray—; block—; bluff—; clutter—; contemplate—; demonstrate—; designate—; devise—; discern—; disclose—; elbow—; emulate—s; err in—; ex¬plore—; forge—;  forsake—s;  grope—; guide—; hew—; illumine—; inaugurate—; initiate in—s; inspire—; interpret—; lurk along—; mark—; mend—s; muddle—; pave—; pick—; plod—; plow—; point out— pursue—; renounce—s; retrace—; smash— smooth—; stray from—; strew—; thread— veer from—; wangle—; welter—; wend— worm—; yield.

Thesaurus
ability, access, ache to, action, actions, activity, acts, address, adit, admission, advance, advancement, advancing, aesthetic distance, affectation, aim, aim at, air, air lock, air space, alley, ambition, ample scope, animus, appetence, appetency, appetite, application, apply for, approach, ardor, area, arrangement, art, artery, ask, ask for, asking, attack, automatism, avenue, azimuth, bad habit, bag, be desirous of, be dying to, bearing, beg leave, behavior, behavior pattern, behavioral norm, behavioral science, bent, bespeak, blank check, blueprint, blueprinting, body-build, bon ton, boulevard, brand, breed, burn to, byway, calculation, call for, capacity, capital, career, carriage, carte blanche, cast, catch, channel, character, characteristic, characteristics, charting, choice, choose, choose to, class, clearance, command, command of language, compass, complexion, comportment, composition, conation, conatus, conception, concupiscence, conduct, conduit, conformity, constituents, constitution, consuetude, continualness, continuance, continuation, continuity, contrivance, convention, corridor, course, crasis, crave, creature of habit, culture pattern, cup of tea, curiosity, current, custom, dearest wish, dearly love to, decide, decision, decree, deep space, demand, demeanor, deportment, depths of space, desiderate, desideration, desideratum, design, desire, determination, determine, device, devices, dharma, diathesis, direction, direction line, discretion, disposable resources, disposition, distance, ditch, divergence, doing, doings, drag, drift, driftway, drive, duct, eagerness, egress, elbowroom, endurance, enterprise, entrance, entranceway, entree, entry, entryway, envisagement, established way, ethos, etiquette, exaggeration, exit, expressed desire, expression of ideas, extension, extent, fancy, fantasy, farness, fashion, favor, feel, feeling for words, fiber, field, figuring, file for, folkway, forbidden fruit, force of habit, foresight, forethought, form, form of speech, 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, gestures, glimmering goal, go-ahead, goings-on, golden vision, grace of expression, grain, grandiloquence, graphing, ground plan, guidelines, guise, habit, habit pattern, habitude, hall, hang, have designs on, heading, headroom, headway, helmsmanship, highway, hope, horme, hue, humor, humors, idea, ilk, impetration, in, inclination, indent, infinity, inflation, ingress, inlet, intake, intellectual curiosity, intention, itch to, kidney, kind, knack, lane, latitude, lay, layout, leeway, length, lengthening, libido, lie, light-years, like, like to, liking, line, line of direction, line of march, lineup, literary style, lodestone, long rope, long suit, long to, long-range plan, love, love to, lust, lust after, lust for learning, magnet, main interest, maintenance, maintien, make a request, make a requisition, make application, makeup, maneuvering space, manner, manner of speaking, mannerism, manners, mapping, march, margin, master plan, means, means of access, method, methodology, methods, metier, mien, mileage, mind, mode, mode of expression, modus, modus vivendi, mold, mores, motions, movements, moves, nature, navigation, need, no holds barred, objective, observable behavior, observance, ongoing, onward course, open space, opening, operations research, order, organization, orientation, parsecs, passage, passageway, passion, path, pattern, peculiarity, perpetuation, perseverance, persistence, personal style, perspective, pet subject, petition, physique, piece, piloting, plan, planning, play, pleasure, pleasure principle, plum, point, poise, port, pose, posture, power, practice, praxis, prearrangement, prefer, prescription, presence, prize, procedure, proceeding, program, program of action, progress, progression, progressiveness, prolongation, promotion, proper thing, property, protraction, pursuance, pursuit, put in for, quality, quarter, range, rationalization, reach, recourses, remoteness, repetition, request, requisition, resolution, resolve, resorts, resources, rhetoric, ride, ritual, road, rolling, rolling on, room, room to spare, rope, route, row, run, schedule, schema, schematism, schematization, scheme, scheme of arrangement, scope, sea room, second nature, see fit, sense of language, separation, set, setup, sexual desire, shape, social convention, social science, somatotype, sort, space, span, spare room, specialism, speciality, specialization, specialty, species, spirit, stamp, standard behavior, standard usage, standing custom, staying power, steerage, steerageway, steering, stereotype, stereotyped behavior, sternway, stock, straight course, strain, strategic plan, strategy, streak, street, stretch, stride, stripe, strong point, style, stylistic analysis, stylistics, suchness, supply, sustained action, sustenance, swing, system, systematization, 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, touch, track, tradition, travel, trench, trend, trick, trophy, trough, troughing, troughway, tunnel, turn, type, uninterrupted course, unremittingness, urge, usage, 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, wise, wish, wish fulfillment, wish to, wish to goodness, wish very much, wont, wonting, working plan, would fain do

Alternative forms

 * waye

Etymology
From weg:. Cognate with Dutch weg:, German Weg:, Swedish väg:, Latin vehere:, via:.

Noun

 * Albanian:
 * Arabic: طريق
 * Armenian: ուղի (uġi),
 * Basque: bide
 * Breton:
 * Catalan: via, camí
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 道
 * Croatian:
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto:
 * Faroese:
 * Finnish:
 * French: ,
 * Galician:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Guaraní: tape
 * Hawaiian: ala
 * Hindi: रास्ता
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ido:
 * Indonesian:
 * Interlingua: cammino, via
 * Italian:


 * Japanese: 道
 * Korean: 길
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin:
 * Latvian: ceļš
 * Maori:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Nynorsk:
 * Old English:
 * Old Norse:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: путь, дорога
 * Scottish Gaelic:
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish:
 * Telugu: మార్గము (maargamu), దారి (daari)
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: راستہ
 * Uyghur: يول
 * Welsh: ffordd
 * West Frisian:
 * !Xóõ: ʻáu


 * Arabic: طريقة
 * Armenian:, ,
 * Catalan: manera
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 方法, 辦法, 办法
 * Czech:
 * Danish: måde,
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * Old French:
 * German:, ,
 * Haitian Creole:
 * Hindi: तरह
 * Hungarian:
 * Interlingua: maniera, modo
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 方法


 * Korean: 방법 (方法)
 * Kurdish:
 * Latin: modus, ratio, genus
 * Norwegian:
 * Pashto:
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, путь, метод
 * Scots: wey
 * Scottish Gaelic:, modh
 * Slovak:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swahili:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: పద్ధతి (paddhati)
 * Turkish:
 * Urdu: طرح


 * Catalan: mitjà
 * Interlingua: medio
 * Portuguese:


 * Spanish:
 * Swahili:

Adverb

 * Dutch: heel, zeer (way too: veel te)
 * French: très
 * German:
 * Interlingua: multo, assatis
 * Kurdish:


 * Portuguese:, ,
 * Russian:
 * Spanish:
 * Telugu: చాలా (chaalaa)

Anagrams

 * yaw

Noun

 * 1) tortilla

Synonyms

 * away