ways
How things proceed
Ways is the plural of way, covering all its meanings: methods, directions, distances, and customs.
It appears in many fixed expressions: mend your ways means reform your behavior; parting of the ways marks a separation; ways and means refers to methods, especially for raising money.
In nautical contexts, ways are the tracks on which a ship slides during launching.
The suffix -ways forms directional adverbs like sideways, lengthways, and always.
Path through wilderness
- roadVehicle travel surface
- sidewalkPaved pedestrian pathway
- alleyNarrow way between buildings
- laneDesignated travel strip
footpath · track · boulevard · avenue · corridor · passage · promenade · esplanade
Skilled way of performing
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- approachWay of handling something
- processSteps toward a result
- systemConnected parts forming whole
protocol · formula · recipe · algorithm · mechanism · workflow · scheme · pattern
Device showing cardinal directions
- northArctic-facing cardinal direction
- southCardinal direction opposite north
- eastSunrise cardinal point
- westCardinal direction toward sunset
bearing · orientation · turn · intersection · crossroads · detour · signpost · arrow
Regular sequence of actions
- customHabitual group practice
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- patternRecurring arrangement or template
behavior · tendency · lifestyle · norm · convention · manner · second-nature · idiosyncrasy
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
- odysseyExtended adventurous journey
adventure · quest · excursion · tour · travel · exploration · safari · jaunt
trail
Path through wilderness
lane · footpath · track · boulevard · avenue · corridor · passage · promenade · esplanade · boardwalk
technique
Skilled way of performing
- procedurePrescribed sequence of actions
- approachWay of handling something
- processSteps toward a result
system · protocol · formula · recipe · algorithm · mechanism · workflow · scheme · pattern · regimen
compass
Device showing cardinal directions
- northArctic-facing cardinal direction
- southCardinal direction opposite north
- eastSunrise cardinal point
west · bearing · orientation · turn · intersection · crossroads · detour · signpost · arrow · fork
routine
Regular sequence of actions
- customHabitual group practice
- traditionCustom passed through generations
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
pattern · behavior · tendency · lifestyle · norm · convention · manner · second-nature · idiosyncrasy · quirk
voyage
Journey by sea
- expeditionOrganized exploratory journey
- trekArduous overland journey
- pilgrimageReligious journey to shrine
odyssey · adventure · quest · excursion · tour · travel · exploration · safari · jaunt · sojourn
resources
Available assets or supplies
finance · capital · wealth · assets · livelihood · wherewithal · revenue · solvency · money · ability
- listicletop ten, ranking, best of, tips, hacks
- wayshallway, doorway, subway, bikeway, causeway
- OpenStreetMapnodes, relations, tags, mappers, editors
- individualityindividuality, uniqueness, distinctiveness, originality, selfhood
- behaviorshabit, aggressive, agitation, conduct, passive
- Informal Amountssmidgen, bunch, ton, heap, loads
waysdestinations
Places one travels to
endpoints · goals · arrivals · termini · conclusions
- no wayEmphatic denial
- by the wayConversational aside marker
- on the wayCurrently traveling toward
- all the wayTo the full extent
- in the wayBlocking one's path
- this wayIn this direction
way, always, highway, railway, driveway, gateway, runway, walkway, roadway