way

way is a 3-letter English word with 29 senses as adverb, noun, transitive verb, and intransitive verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Away. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

3 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 8 · 29 senses

Definitions

1. adverb. Away.
2. noun. That by, upon, or along, which one passes or processes; opportunity or room to pass; place of passing; passage; road, street, track, or path of any kind; as, they built a way to the mine.
3. noun. Length of space; distance; interval; as, a great way; a long way.
4. noun. A moving; passage; procession; journey.
5. noun. Course or direction of motion or process; tendency of action; advance.
6. noun. The means by which anything is reached, or anything is accomplished; scheme; device; plan.
7. noun. Manner; method; mode; fashion; style; as, the way of expressing one's ideas.
8. noun. Regular course; habitual method of life or action; plan of conduct; mode of dealing.
9. noun. Sphere or scope of observation.
10. noun. Determined course; resolved mode of action or conduct; as, to have one's way.
11. noun. Progress; as, a ship has way.
12. noun. The timbers on which a ship is launched.
13. noun. The longitudinal guides, or guiding surfaces, on the bed of a planer, lathe, or the like, along which a table or carriage moves.
14. noun. Right of way. See below.
15. transitive verb. To go or travel to; to go in, as a way or path.
16. intransitive verb. To move; to progress; to go.
17. noun. how a result is obtained or an end is achieved

    "a means of control"

    "an example is the best agency of instruction"

    Synonyms: agency, means

18. noun. a journey or passage

    "they are on the way"

19. noun. a course of conduct

    "the path of virtue"

    "we went our separate ways"

    Synonyms: path

20. noun. any artifact consisting of a road or path affording passage from one place to another

    "he said he was looking for the way out"

21. noun. how something is done or how it happens

    "her dignified manner"

    "his rapid manner of talking"

    Synonyms: fashion, manner, mode, style

22. noun. the property of distance in general

    "it's a long way to Moscow"

    "he went a long ways"

23. noun. doing as one pleases or chooses

    "if I had my way"

24. noun. a general category of things; used in the expression `in the way of'

    "they didn't have much in the way of clothing"

25. noun. a line leading to a place or point

    "he looked the other direction"

    "didn't know the way home"

    Synonyms: direction

26. noun. a portion of something divided into shares

    "they split the loot three ways"

27. noun. space for movement

    "room to pass"

    "make way for"

    Synonyms: room

28. noun. the condition of things generally

    "that's the way it is"

    "I felt the same way"

29. adverb. 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"

Synonyms

agency, means, path, fashion, manner, mode, style, direction, room

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in way:

yaw

Common word forms

ways, waying, wayless, wayment

Words from these letters

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