headway

noun

head·​way ˈhed-ˌwā 

1

a

: motion or rate of motion in a forward direction

b

: advance, progress

gradually making some headway on the project

2

: headroom (as under an arch) sufficient to allow passage

3

: the time interval between two vehicles traveling in the same direction on the same route

Synonyms of headway

• progress
• advance
• process
• advancement
• progression
• procession

Examples of headway in a Sentence

the ant was making little headway carrying a crumb that was about five times his size

Recent Examples on the Web

New York couldn't make any headway in the fourth quarter as Bueckers and Arike Ogunbowale answered any Liberty challenge. —CBS News, 24 May 2026

Through this transaction, Charter will extend its lower pricing and higher value products and services in Southern California and along the Central Coast where Cox currently operates, allowing the state to make even more headway in addressing the affordability crisis. —Javier Palomarez, Sacbee.com, 19 May 2026

The duo released a handful of singles during the early Sixties, but failed to make any real headway. —Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026

Other goals include avoiding misdiagnoses, properly managing disease, identifying people for clinical trials and making headway on preventive therapies. —Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1730, in the meaning defined at sense 1a

Phrases Containing headway

• make headway

Rhymes for headway

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

Kids Definition

headway

noun

head·​way -ˌwā 

1

: motion forward

2

: progress entry 1 sense 2