caminos

Paths in Spanish

Caminos is Spanish for roads or paths.

In English, it appears in place names like El Camino Real (the royal road) and in contexts involving Spanish-speaking regions or cultures: We hiked the old caminos through the mountains.

The singular camino sometimes appears in spiritual contexts, as in the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route.

journeys

expedition

Organized exploratory journey

trek · adventure · exploration · migration · wandering · roaming · passage · travels · excursion · sojourn

directions

compass

Device showing cardinal directions

  • northArctic-facing cardinal direction
  • southCardinal direction opposite north
  • eastSunrise cardinal point

west · bearing · orientation · signpost · waypoint · intersection · landmark · crossroads · navigation · turn

choices

crossroads

Meeting of routes

forks · divergence · directions · possibilities · life choices · turning points · opportunities · deliberations · dilemmas · selections

paths

trails

Marked outdoor paths

byways · routes · tracks · passages · corridors · pilgrimage routes · hiking paths · ancient roads · cobblestones · dirt roads

pilgrimage

Santiago

Chile's largest city

cathedral · spiritual journey · walking meditation · devotion · faith · milestones · hostels · stages · completion certificate

Opposites
stasis vs. movement infrastructure

caminosbarriers

Things blocking access

walls · obstacles · dead ends · blockades · impasses

defined routes vs. undefined terrain

caminoswilderness

Uncultivated, uninhabited natural region

selva · monte · off-road · uncharted territory

journeying vs. arrival/destination

caminosmetas

Self-referential systems or strategies

fines · destinations · goals · endpoints · arrivals

Family

chemise

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G