waypoint

noun

way·​point ˈwā-ˌpȯint 

: an intermediate point on a route or line of travel

Examples of waypoint in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

These waypoints inject human accountability and oversight across the workflow. — Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 5 Nov. 2026

That frees up human operators to focus on big-picture decisions, such as monitoring weather forecasts, running flight simulations for possible paths, and then chaining together a series of navigational waypoints for the smoothest possible journey. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 19 Oct. 2026

The helper used the Detour pathfinding library to generate waypoints between locations, which the agent could then follow. — Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2026

Bozeman has also pushed Robinson’s employees to embrace failure as a waypoint on the path to success. — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1880, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for waypoint

• adjoint
• anoint
• appoint
• checkpoint
• conjoint
• disjoint
• endpoint
• gunpoint
• midpoint
• nonpoint
• pinpoint
• standpoint