linear path
No curves allowed
A linear path is a route or progression that moves in a single direction without branching, looping, or deviation.
The term applies both literally—The hiking trail follows a linear path along the ridge—and figuratively to sequences or narratives that proceed straightforwardly from beginning to end: The story takes a linear path through the protagonist's life.
Often contrasted with nonlinear or branching alternatives.
- straightNot curved or crooked
- directUndeviating or to guide
- trajectoryPath of moving object
- routePath from A to B
- coursePlanned path forward
beeline · arrow · vector · shortcut · corridor · track · channel · runway · fast track · rail · spine · axis · alignment · narrow · single file · one way street · straight and narrow · forward
linear pathcurved path
Trajectory with bend
winding path · meandering path · curve · arc · circular path
linear pathcircular path
Route returning to origin
feedback loop · spiral · orbit · roundabout · back-and-forth
linear, path, line, lines, lined, lining, liner, lineage, lineal