gateway

1 something that allows someone to achieve a desired goal hopefully, my college degree will be a gateway to a high-paying job Synonyms of gateway passport, key, open sesame, secret, ticketWords Related to gateway password; accomplishment, achievement, attainment, coup, success, triumph; approach, manner, means, method, style, system, technique, way; blueprint, design, ground plan, plan, program, scheme, strategy

2 the means or right of entering or participating in Denver is the gateway to the West Synonyms of gateway access, accession, admission, admittance, door, doorway, entrée (or entree), entry, entrance, ingress, key, passport, ticketWords Related to gateway approval, authorization, certification, permission, qualification; open door, welcome matNear Antonyms of gateway discharge, dismissal, ejection, expulsion, ouster, rejection, removal

3 the opening through which one can enter or leave a structure there are security checkpoints at all of the stadium's gateways Synonyms of gateway doorway, entrance, gate, door, wayWords Related to gateway hatch, hatchway