GATEWAY Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

gateway

noun

ˈgāt-ˌwā

Definition of gateway

as in key

something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal hopefully, my college degree will be a gateway to a high-paying job

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Relevance

as in access

the means or right of entering or participating in Denver is the gateway to the West

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as in doorway

the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure there are security checkpoints at all of the stadium's gateways

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Recent Examples of gateway The airline serves five gateways in the United States, including Phoenix, Seattle, and San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Ontario in California. — Scott Laird, Travel + Leisure, 28 Sep. 2026 Meta wants its new Muse AI agent to be the gateway to users’ digital lives. — Lisa Eadicicco, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2026 Even for dealers like Collins and Golden who maintain physical spaces, social media is a growing gateway for buyers under 50. — Adam Erace, Fortune, 26 Sep. 2026 Instead of allowing an agent to communicate directly with enterprise systems, its activity can be routed through a gateway or proxy that provides visibility, policy enforcement, routing and control. — Ed Fox, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for gateway

Recent Examples of Synonyms for gateway

Noun

These event listeners enhance accessibility by enabling form submission or closure // when the user presses either the 'Enter' or 'Space' key.

— Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2026
There are no mod cons which means no keys, no sound system, no televisions.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of key

Noun

Other recent charges have alleged that hundreds of investors were lured in by claims private fund advisers could grant them access to companies including Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and others as valuations have skyrocketed.

— Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
Each bungalow has a deck—most with direct beach access—as well as its own golf cart and bikes for exploring the 96-acre island.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of access

Noun

Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies applied a stricter standard, looking for single-floor living, a no-step entrance and hallways and doorways wide enough for wheelchair access, and found fewer than 4% of homes qualified.

— Ryan Brennan, Kansas City Star, 30 Sep. 2026
A number of protesters were removed from the doorway of the building by authorities, and supporters chanted as Abascal was driven away in an ambulance.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of doorway

Noun

Jumeirah's glittering new Marsa Al Arab and the Jumeirah Burj Al Arab are a short buggy ride away, and Wild Wadi Waterpark is less than a 10-minute walk (tickets are included with your stay).

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Oct. 2026
The British Museum is rolling out these tweak just in time for the next member ticket booking window to open on October 6.

— Leigh Anne Miller, ARTnews.com, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of ticket

Noun

The captain managed to open the cockpit door, allowing passengers to enter and restrain the attacker.

— SAM MEDNICK, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Inside the cabin, extensive additional sound deadening in the doors, trunk and wheel arches means phone calls and passenger conversations are entirely effortless at highway speeds.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of door

Noun

Several of the game’s legends, from OGs such as Lisa Leslie and Candace Parker to current greats such as Wilson, didn’t race out of the gate winning championships early in their careers.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 2 Oct. 2026
There was an optimistic buzz on Thursday that De Luca and Abdy would also have gate rights on the Melrose lot, and potentially report into Kreiz, but that’s not the likely scenario.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of gate

Noun

Shawn knew that the man didn’t even have a passport on him, had heard his parents questioning him repeatedly about this to no avail.

— Rachel Heng, New Yorker, 4 Oct. 2026
Citizenship-for-investment programs go further, offering more rights and a passport that opens doors abroad.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of passport

Noun

Investigators found blood near the front entrance, and surveillance footage released by the FBI showed a masked person approaching the property and interfering with a security camera.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 30 Sep. 2026
Though not in the city center, the quiet residential location at the entrance to Marseille’s port is convenient—a downtown bus stops at the front door, and the Plage des Catalans is a five-minute walk away.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of entrance

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