GATEWAYS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

gateways

noun

plural of gateway

as in keys

something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal hopefully, my college degree will be a gateway to a high-paying job

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Relevance

as in doors

the means or right of entering or participating in Denver is the gateway to the West

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as in doorways

the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure there are security checkpoints at all of the stadium's gateways

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Recent Examples of gateways An active typhoon season continues to slam China’s east coast, again disrupting operations at two of the world’s largest container gateways. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026 Turk then points to Iridium’s latest objections to SpaceX’s gigabit Starlink gateways as the company prepares to build dozens across the US. — Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 27 Aug. 2026 American travelers will have new nonstop gateways to the shores of Slovenia’s Lake Bled and the beaches of Ibiza on United Airlines next summer. — Edward Russell, Travel + Leisure, 25 Aug. 2026 Magnets for internal migrants and gateways for immigrants, such places tend toward heterogeneity, with spaces for marginalized communities—a pattern that is not just a characteristic of the modern era. — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 17 Aug. 2026 De Niro and the Kaiser Estate were the gateways to the film’s unique structure of simultaneously telling the story of Vito’s ascension and Michael’s descension and the death of the Corleone family his father had built. — Chris O'Falt, IndieWire, 14 Aug. 2026 Today, token spending is spread across cloud model providers, AI platform subscriptions, browser plugins, desktop agents, custom connectors and API gateways. — Ameya Kanitkar, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026 Lorena Basualdo, a luxury travel adviser who specializes in Italian vacations, pointed out that northern gateways have brief summers and limited transport slots. — Christopher Elliott, USA Today, 7 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Norvell seemingly embraced a CEO role, handing the keys of the offense to Malzahn.

— Bob Ferrante, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Aug. 2026
My water view room, one of 154 keys, was compact—240 square feet.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of keys

Noun

Designing the future The French fashion house Louis Vuitton, which opened its doors in 1854, is today the world's largest luxury brand.

— David Morgan, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
The NextGens often had issues with their passenger doors, which caused delays in the early days.

— Natalie B. Compton, Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of doors

Noun

Excess doorways were removed and replaced with new casework—the removal of some doorways allowed some spaces to be re-imagined, creating reading nooks or quiet collaboration spaces.

— Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Aug. 2026
Have these items at the doorways for quick visits into the house.

— R. Eric Thomas, Mercury News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of doorways

Noun

Organizers initially released 2,000 tickets for the event, which quickly sold out.

— Eva Remijan-Toba, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026
Ticket sales Assembly Bill 1349 would prohibit sellers from offering or marketing tickets to concerts and sporting events by a person that doesn’t actually possess the ticket.

— Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 31 Aug. 2026

Definition of tickets

Noun

The quick-succession entrances continued with the entrances of Tommaso Ciampa followed by Jericho.

— Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Roundabouts now are less likely to have multiple lanes, striping has changed, and entrances to the circles have slightly sharper curves to slow down motorists.

— Susan Bromley, Freep.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of entrances

Noun

The Crowd Gets a Voice, Too A festival is usually planned months before attendees arrive, yet the experience continues teaching organizers things once the gates open.

— Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026
But brands are no longer the only ones interested in using that access to reach the millions of people outside the gates.

— Jessica Schiffer, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of gates

Noun

The Kansas City Royals packed their eight-game winning streak alongside their passports and headed to Toronto, Ontario this week.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 26 Aug. 2026
Keep documents such as passports and insurance paperwork in a waterproof, fireproof container or locked safe to prevent any potential damage.

— Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of passports

Noun

This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).

— Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026
Book through various companies, such as Light Me Up Beach Bonfires, which will set you up at any of the nearby public beach accesses.

— Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 17 Feb. 2026

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