way out
Door marked green
Way out is an exit or means of escape: We found a way out through the back.
Figuratively, it's any solution to a difficult situation: Bankruptcy seemed like the only way out.
As an adjective (often hyphenated), way-out means unconventional or avant-garde: way-out jazz, way-out ideas.
This sense peaked in mid-twentieth-century slang but still appears.
Absence of constraint
- liberationRelease from constraint
- releaseTo let go
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
- fleeDepart swiftly from threat
evade · extricate · rescue · emancipate · disentangle · bolt · abscond · getaway
Passage into a room
passageway · escape hatch · fire escape · threshold · corridor · vestibule · departure · gangway
Unconventional in character
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
- bohemianArtistic nonconformist type
radical · nonconformist · experimental · outlandish · left-field · wild · bizarre · edgy
Solution to query
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- fixRepair or solution
- alternativeAnother available choice
option · workaround · strategy · recourse · plan · possibility · approach · path forward
At great distance
- distantFar away or aloof
- isolatedSeparated from others
- secludedSet apart, private
- inaccessibleCannot be reached
godforsaken · backcountry · middle of nowhere · off the beaten path · boondocks · hinterland · outback
freedom
Absence of constraint
- liberationRelease from constraint
- releaseTo let go
- breakoutSudden escape from restraint
flee · evade · extricate · rescue · emancipate · disentangle · bolt · abscond · getaway · loophole
doorway
Passage into a room
opening · passageway · escape hatch · fire escape · threshold · corridor · vestibule · departure · gangway · turnstile
eccentric
Unconventional in character
- avant-gardeInnovative cultural pioneers
- quirkyIdiosyncratically unusual
- offbeatPleasantly strange or unusual
bohemian · radical · nonconformist · experimental · outlandish · left-field · wild · bizarre · edgy · freaky
answer
Solution to query
- resolutionFormal decision or determination
- remedyCurative treatment or fix
- fixRepair or solution
alternative · option · workaround · strategy · recourse · plan · possibility · approach · path forward · means
faraway
At great distance
inaccessible · godforsaken · backcountry · middle of nowhere · off the beaten path · boondocks · hinterland · outback
way outconventional
Following accepted practices
mainstream · normal · ordinary · conservative · traditional
way, out, ways, outer, outline, outing, outdoor, outcome, outlet