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doorway

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of doorway

1 the means or right of entering or participating in
  • the doorway to a life of luxury and leisure
Synonyms of doorway

access, accession, admission, admittance, door, entrance, entrée (or entree), entry, gateway, ingress, key, passport, ticket
Words Related to doorway

approval, authorization, certification, permission, qualification

open door, welcome mat
Near Antonyms of doorway

discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal
2 the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure
  • He stood in the doorway until we finally invited him in.
Synonyms of doorway

door, entrance, gate, gateway, way
Words Related to doorway

hatch, hatchway

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