| Main Entry: | door |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | entrance to room, building |
Synonyms: |
aperture, egress, entry, entryway, exit, gate, gateway, hatch, hatchway, ingress, opening, portal, postern, slammer |
| 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: | border |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boundary; frontier |
Synonyms: |
beginning, borderline, door, edge, entrance, line, march, marchland, outpost, pale, perimeter, sideline, threshold |
Antonyms: |
mainland, region, territory |
| Main Entry: | discharge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dismissal from responsibility |
Synonyms: |
ax, bounce, bum's rush, congé, demobilization, ejection, gate, old heave ho, pink slip, the boot, the door, walking papers |
Antonyms: |
assignment, delegation, employment, engagement, hiring |
| Main Entry: | dismissal |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | release |
Synonyms: |
adjournment, banishment, bounce, brush-off, cold shoulder, congé, deportation, deposal, deposition, discharge, dislodgment, displacement, dispossession, dissolution, door*, end, eviction, exile, exorcism, expatriation, expulsion, freedom, freeing, housecleaning, kiss-off, layoff, liberation, marching orders, notice, old heave-ho, ostracism, ouster, permission, pink slip, relegation, removal, suspension |
Antonyms: |
acceptance, appointment, employment, hiring, maintainance, retention, welcome |
| Main Entry: | entrance |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a way into a place |
Synonyms: |
access, approach, archway, avenue, corridor, door, doorway, entry, entryway, gate, gateway, hall, hallway, ingress, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, path, porch, port, portal, portico, staircase, threshold, vestibule, way |
Antonyms: |
exit |
| Main Entry: | entrée |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | admittance |
Synonyms: |
access, adit, admission, connection, contact, debut, door, entrance, entry, importation, in, incoming, induction, ingress, introduction, open arms, open door, way |
Antonyms: |
blackballing, rejection |
| Main Entry: | entry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way in to a place |
Synonyms: |
access, adit, approach, avenue, door, doorway, entrance, foyer, gate, hall, ingress, ingression, inlet, lobby, opening, passage, passageway, portal, threshold, vestibule |
Antonyms: |
egress, exit |
| Main Entry: | exit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way out of a place |
Synonyms: |
avenue, door, egress, fire escape, gate, hole, opening, outlet, passage out, vent |
Antonyms: |
entrance |