GATEWAYS Synonyms: 55 Similar and Opposite Words

gateways

noun

plural of gateway

as in keys

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 doors

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

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as in doorways

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 gateways Cargo on ships that have diverted away from the Hormuz is backing up at the region’s alternative gateways. — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026 As one of the principal gateways into the Saudi capital and a foundation stone of the entire Vision 2030 project, the Houthi attacks on Riyadh’s airport directly threaten the Kingdom’s strategy. — Melissa Hancock, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2026 Migrants from Morocco and sub-Saharan Africa regularly attempt to cross the border fences around Ceuta and Melilla, seeing the Spanish cities as gateways to mainland Europe. — ABC News, 13 Oct. 2026 The channel is one of the most crucial gateways for moving oil and gas out of the Gulf region. — Garrett Downs, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026 CISOs invested billions of dollars fortifying corporate inboxes with secure email gateways (SEGs), enforcing strict DMARC policies and conducting continuous phishing simulations for employees. — Firas Azmeh, Forbes.com, 5 Oct. 2026 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 Many newcomers are bypassing traditional gateways for smaller cities and suburbs, drawn to emerging enclaves from Cincinnati and Knoxville to Utah’s booming communities, even as Florida remains the top destination for some nationalities. — Will Jarrett, Los Angeles Times, 17 Sep. 2026 The safety protections established for the central business district should also be available to historic residential communities, neighborhood gateways, school approaches and park corridors when comparable safety problems exist. — Lawrence Bell, Baltimore Sun, 15 Sep. 2026

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Noun

The network starts out with random weights that produce unhelpful queries, keys, and values, and thus poor translations.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 12 Oct. 2026
Its latest annual Gboard experiment flips this dynamic on its head with moving keys that eventually roll into position right under your finger.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Oct. 2026

Definition of keys

Noun

Here’s what happened outside before the doors officially unlocked.

— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 17 Oct. 2026
On the aesthetic front, Vanadium Grey Metallic accents on the sideview-mirror covers, the wheels, the model-designation decals on the doors, and on the badge at the rear help distinguish the latest Carrera T from its siblings.

— Bradley Iger, Robb Report, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of doors

Noun

Many migrants who remained in Ceuta have sheltered in Muslim neighborhoods, sleeping on streets, in doorways and in makeshift tent camps and centers run by NGOs and locals.

— ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
All multi-floor buildings have elevators, and there are accessible guest rooms with mobility features and wide doorways.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of doorways

Noun

This week, the Royals unveiled new renderings of what their future stadium in Crown Center will look like, with dramatic plaza entrances and a design that highlights Kansas City’s natural features and surrounding landmarks.

— Chris Higgins, Kansas City Star, 17 Oct. 2026
As the first Black Demon Deacon, Dobbs became known for his exuberant dance moves and unforgettable entrances into Groves Stadium.

— Katie Riley, Southern Living, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of entrances

Noun

For travelers who treat their passports as unofficial scrapbooks, few souvenirs are as satisfying as a fresh immigration stamp.

— Bailey Berg, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Oct. 2026
MacKenzie Teymouri said in court that the defendants held American, Chinese and Mexican passports, and two law enforcement sources told The Times that Xuan and Zhang are Chinese nationals with dual citizenship.

— James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of passports

Noun

Latency becomes the new battleground The researchers say accesses that would normally leave a rack and travel through a conventional network could instead follow a more predictable path.

— Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 Sep. 2026
This discipline involves architecting the entire information ecosystem an AI agent accesses—codebase structure, team standards, documentation and institutional knowledge (the unwritten rules and patterns teams develop over time).

— Kevin Cushnie, Forbes.com, 23 Feb. 2026

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