Synonyms of gates

gates 1 of 2

noun

plural of gate

1

as in doors

a barrier by which an entry is closed and opened

be sure to latch the gate when you leave so the dog doesn't get out

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doors
• portals
• hatches
• lattices
• trapdoors
• double doors
• storm doors
• French doors
• revolving doors
• portcullises
• wickets
• posterns
• Dutch doors

2

as in doorways

the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure

passed through the gates of the walled city

Synonyms & Similar Words

• doorways
• doors
• entrances
• gateways
• ways
• hatches
• hatchways

3

as in valves

a fixture for controlling the flow of a liquid

opens the gate in the lock so the ships can get through the canal

Synonyms & Similar Words

• valves
• taps
• spigots
• cocks
• faucets
• stopcocks
• hydrants
• spouts
• petcocks

gates

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of gate

as in fences

Related Words

• fences
• hedges
• dikes
• curtains (off)
• locks
• guards
• blocks (off)
• screens (off)
• walls (off)
• barricades
• closes (off)
• bars
• blockades
• bolts
• obstructs

Dissimilar Words

• opens
• reopens
• unbars
• unbolts
• unblocks

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of gates

Noun

Players have to open three gates, but stay ahead of the Death Parade. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026

The azaleas growing by the new hospital’s gates are in full bloom, a bright pink that makes my eyes sore. — Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026

Also, in an effort to speed up the process of getting into the actual stadium, the school has announced that gates will open an hour early in hopes of getting everyone to their seats in time for kickoff. — Trey Wallace Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Sep. 2026

The most effective adaptation, by his reckoning, is ensuring that workers earn enough to protect themselves beyond the factory gates—a need highlighted by continuing protests over what many say is a woefully inadequate minimum wage. — Jasmin Malik Chua, Footwear News, 23 Sep. 2026

The closures are due to construction of the roughly quarter-mile pedestrian walkway being built between check-in and Terminal B’s gates. — Madison Smalstig, Sacbee.com, 23 Sep. 2026

Then in the 1990s, Al Davis won his lawsuit and moved the Raiders, opening the gates for several moves, most motivated by greed. — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 23 Sep. 2026

But the gates leading into the ostrich pens were now behind police lines. — J. B. MacKinnon, Harpers Magazine, 22 Sep. 2026

The developers were able to almost halve the number of Toffoli gates required. — Manon Bischoff, Scientific American, 22 Sep. 2026