doorway

noun

door·​way ˈdȯr-ˌwā 

1

: the opening that a door closes

especially : an entrance into a building or room

2

: door sense 3

Synonyms of doorway

• door
• access
• entrance
• accession
• entry

Examples of doorway in a Sentence

Please don't block the doorway.

She stepped through the doorway.

He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.

Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.

Recent Examples on the Web

Typically, those areas house encampments or individuals sleeping in doorways and park benches. —Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2026

Prosecutors again played a video showing Patton getting gunned down just inside the doorway. —Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 23 Jan. 2026

Accessible rooms have mobility features like doorways that provide 32 inches of clear width, assistive listening devices, TTY, and closed captioning or closed caption decoders for TVs. —Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026

Each offers a different doorway into the ideas, values, and conversations leaders need in the Age of Acceleration. —Robert B. Tucker, Forbes.com, 21 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1653, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for doorway

• airway
• allay
• archway
• array
• ashtray
• astray
• aue
• away
• ballet
• belay
• beltway
• beret

Kids Definition

doorway

noun

door·​way -ˌwā 

1

: the opening or passage that a door closes

2

: a means of reaching or gaining something

the doorway to success