| Main Entry: | passage/passageway |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | path for travel |
Synonyms: |
access, alley, alleyway, avenue, channel, corridor, course, doorway, entrance, entrance hall, exit, gap, hall, hallway, lane, line, lobby, opening, pathway, road, route, shaft, subway, thoroughfare, tunnel, vestibule, way |
Antonyms: |
blockage, stop |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | excerpt from document |
Synonyms: |
clause, extract, paragraph, piece, portion, quotation, reading, section, sentence, text, transition, verse |
| Notes: | a passage is a one-way boat crossing; a voyage is a round trip journey by sea |
Antonyms: |
whole |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | travel |
Synonyms: |
advance, change, conversion, crossing, flow, journey, motion, movement, passing, progress, progression, tour, traject, transfer, transference, transit, transition, transmission, transmittal, transmittance, traverse, traversing, trek, trip, voyage |
Antonyms: |
idleness, inaction, wait |
| Main Entry: | passage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | authorization; enactment |
Synonyms: |
acceptance, allowance, establishment, freedom, legalization, legislation, passing, passport, permission, ratification, right, safe-conduct, visa, warrant |
Antonyms: |
denial, refusal, veto |
| Concept: | [Motion through] Passage. |
| Category: | 4. Motion with reference to direction |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
-verbs
pass, pass through; perforate (hole); penetrate, permeate, thread, thrid, enfilade; go through, go across; go over, pass over; cut across; ford, cross; pass and repass, work; make one's way, thread one's way, worm one's way, force one's way; make a passage, form a passage; cut one's way through; find its way, find its vent; transmit, make way, clear the course; traverse, go over the ground.
-adjectives
passing; intercurrent; endosmosmic, endosmotic.
-adverbs
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| 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: | admittance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | permission to enter |
Synonyms: |
access, entrance, entry, entrée, ingress, pass, passage, reception |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | aperture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hole |
Synonyms: |
breach, break, chasm, chink, cleft, crack, cut, eye, fissure, gap, gash, interstice, opening, orifice, outlet, passage, perforation, pinhole, puncture, rift, rupture, slash, slit, slot, space, vent |
| 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 |