PATHWAY: Synonyms and Related Words. What is Another Word for PATHWAY?

Need another word that means the same as “pathway”? Find 43 synonyms and 30 related words for “pathway” in this overview.

The synonyms of “Pathway” are: footpath, nerve pathway, nerve tract, tract, track, jogging track, trail, trackway, ride, riding, towpath, walk, walkway, promenade, esplanade, avenue, lane, alley, alleyway, passage, passageway, byway, sidetrack, berm, causeway, right of way, method, way, manner, mode, measure, fashion, process, procedure, technique, expedient, agency, medium, instrument, mechanism, channel, vehicle, course

Pathway as a Noun

Definitions of "Pathway" as a noun

According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “pathway” as a noun can have the following definitions:

• A way of achieving a specified result; a course of action.
• A trodden path.
• A sequence of chemical reactions undergone by a compound or class of compounds in a living organism.
• A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain.
• A route, formed by a chain of nerve cells, along which impulses of a particular kind usually travel.
• A track that constitutes or serves as a path.

Synonyms of "Pathway" as a noun (43 Words)

agency	A business that serves other businesses. An example is the best agency of instruction.
alley	Either of the two side strips between the singles sideline and the sidelines which count as part of the court in a doubles match. Alleys of standing stones.
alleyway	A narrow street with walls on both sides.
avenue	A tree-lined approach to a country house or similar building. Three possible avenues of research suggested themselves.
berm	A narrow ledge or shelf typically at the top or bottom of a slope. Berms of shovelled earth.
byway	A side road little traveled (as in the countryside. The arcane byways of the laws of privilege.
causeway	A raised road or track across low or wet ground. An island reached at low tide by a causeway.
channel	A service or station using a channel of frequencies. Possible distribution channels are wholesalers or small retailers or retail chains or direct mailers or your own stores.
course	Facility consisting of a circumscribed area of land or water laid out for a sport. Once a nation is embarked on a course of action it becomes extremely difficult for any retraction to take place.
esplanade	A long stretch of open level ground (paved or grassy) for walking beside the seashore.
expedient	A means of attaining an end, especially one that is convenient but possibly improper or immoral. The current policy is a political expedient.
fashion	The latest and most admired style in clothes and cosmetics and behavior. The latest Parisian fashions.
footpath	A path for people to walk along, especially a right of way in the countryside.
instrument	The semantic role of the entity (usually inanimate) that the agent uses to perform an action or start a process. A percussion instrument.
jogging track	Running at a jog trot as a form of cardiopulmonary exercise.
lane	An urban street. DNA from various sources is placed in separate lanes on an electrophoretic gel.
manner	The way a motor vehicle handles or performs. Taking notes in an unobtrusive manner.
measure	Measuring instrument having a sequence of marks at regular intervals used as a reference in making measurements. Now tread we a measure.
mechanism	A natural or established process by which something takes place or is brought about. The mechanism of the ear.
medium	A means or instrumentality for storing or communicating information. Oil paint is the most popular medium for glazing.
method	An acting technique introduced by Stanislavsky in which the actor recalls emotions or reactions from his or her own life and uses them to identify with the character being portrayed. Historical study is the rigorous combination of knowledge and method.
mode	A set of musical notes forming a scale and from which melodies and harmonies are constructed. His preferred mode of travel was a kayak.
nerve pathway	Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body.
nerve tract	The courage to carry on.
passage	A narrow way allowing access between buildings or to different rooms within a building a passageway. He picked up the newspaper and read the passage again.
passageway	A passage between rooms or between buildings. Her hotel was at the end of a narrow passageway off the main street.
procedure	A surgical operation. The standard procedure for informing new employees about conditions of work.
process	A mental process that you are not directly aware of. A bony process.
promenade	A public area set aside as a pedestrian walk. An evening promenade.
ride	A mechanical device that you ride for amusement or excitement. Investors have had a bumpy ride.
riding	The sport or activity of riding horses. Riding is an exhilarating experience.
right of way	The interest possessed by law or custom in some intangible thing.
sidetrack	A railway branch line or siding. A sidetrack to the original discovery well.
technique	A way of carrying out a particular task, especially the execution or performance of an artistic work or a scientific procedure. He has excellent technique.
towpath	A path beside a river or canal, originally used as a pathway for horses towing barges.
track	The sport of running on a track. The track of an animal.
trackway	A path formed by the repeated treading of people or animals. A narrow beaten trackway into the forest.
tract	A bundle of myelinated nerve fibers following a path through the brain. The digestive tract.
trail	A trailer for a film or broadcast. The hotel is well off the tourist trail.
vehicle	A conveyance that transports people or objects. A vehicle for a star who was one of Hollywood s hottest properties.
walk	A person s manner of walking. He was too restless to sleep so he went out for a walk.
walkway	A path set aside for walking.
way	A general category of things used in the expression in the way of. Didn t know the way home.

Usage Examples of "Pathway" as a noun

• A tree-lined pathway.
• The crags and cornices of the mountainous pathways.
• Enzymes of the glycolytic pathway.
• The principal regulatory step in the biosynthetic pathway of cholesterol.
• Research has indisputably been part of the pathway to progress.
• These neural pathways control vocalization.

Associations of "Pathway" (30 Words)

afferent	An afferent nerve fibre or vessel. Afferent impulses.
anesthetize	Administer an anesthetic drug to. Anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth.
axon	The long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells.
boldness	The trait of being willing to undertake things that involve risk or danger. You will overlook my boldness I hope.
cerebellum	A major division of the vertebrate brain; situated above the medulla oblongata and beneath the cerebrum in humans.
corpuscle	(nontechnical usage) a tiny piece of anything. These subparticles at the centre of an antimony corpuscle are fluid and volatile.
courage	A quality of spirit that enables you to face danger or pain without showing fear. He fought his illness with great courage.
cranial	Relating to the skull or cranium.
deafness	The state of being unwilling or unable to hear or pay attention to something. The baby is at risk of being born with profound deafness.
doctor	Restore by replacing a part or putting together what is torn or broken. The dog was doctored.
insensitivity	Lack of awareness or ability to respond to something. Huck despite his occasional insensitivity to Jim is not a cruel boy.
metabolic	Of or relating to metabolism. A metabolic disorder.
mettle	A person’s ability to cope well with difficulties; spirit and resilience. The team showed their true mettle in the second half.
muscular	Having a robust muscular body build characterized by predominance of structures bone and muscle and connective tissue developed from the embryonic mesodermal layer. Energy is needed for muscular activity.
nerve	Any bundle of nerve fibers running to various organs and tissues of the body. His first night nerves soon disappeared.
neural	Relating to a nerve or the nervous system. Patterns of neural activity.
neurobiologist	A specialist in neurobiology.
neuron	A cell that is specialized to conduct nerve impulses.
neuroscientist	A neurobiologist who specializes in the study of the brain. There is a significant and growing need among neuroscientists to exchange experimental data.
neurotically	In a neurotic manner.
olfactory	Relating to the sense of smell. The olfactory organs.
palsy	Affect with palsy. Is the calmness of philosophy or the palsy of insensibility to be looked for.
paralysis	Loss of the ability to move a body part. The fast acting venom causes paralysis breathing difficulties and sometimes death.
parietal	A parietal structure. Parietal lobe.
receptiveness	Willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions or ideas. He was testing the government s receptiveness to reform.
sensory	Relating to or concerned in sensation. Sensory channels.
synapse	The junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle. Nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters.
tract	An area of land, typically a large one. It took courage to privatize vast tracts of nationalized industry.
virility	The trait of being manly; having the characteristics of an adult male. Great importance is placed on a man s virility.