Entry Word: path

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the direction along which something or someone moves <try to stay out of the path of the golf balls while playing> <I tripped over a rock directly in my path>

Synonyms course, line, pathway, route, steps, track, way

Related Words circle, circuit, loop, orbit; flight path, trajectory; ascent, descent

2 a rough course or way formed by or as if by repeated footsteps <a path worn through the library lawn by too many people walking over it> — see trail 1
3 an established course for traveling from one place to another <the path along which ancient traders traveled from Europe to China was known as the Silk Road> — see passage 1