Synonyms for doorway

Most common

door · gate · entrance

All synonyms

Noun

Definitions

1. n. 1

   The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.

   I stood by the doorway to watch her go.

Forms

Plural

doorways → entrances, doors, gates, thresholds…

Example sentences

• door It is very careless of you to leave the door open.
• gate Where is the boarding gate for Japan Airlines 124?
• entrance I must sit for the entrance examination next year.

Popularity over time

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters

door¹, gate¹

8 letters

entrance²

9 letters

threshold²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (entrance² = 2 syllables).