Synonyms for entrance
Definitions
- n. 1
The action of entering, or going in.
Her entrance attracted no attention whatsoever.
- n. 2
The act of taking possession, as of property, or of office.
the entrance of an heir upon his inheritance, or of a magistrate into office
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- entrances → entries, halls, ingresses, enterings…
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Entrance, the act of entering, refers merely to the fact of passing from without to within some enclosure; admission and admittance refer to entering by or with some one's consent, or at least to opportunity afforded by some one's act or neglect.
J. C. Fernald, English Synonyms and Antonyms (1914)
Example sentences
- hall I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.
- entry You were refused entry because you were too drunk.
- entering The person entering the store is my little sister.
- passage I copied a passage from the book into my notebook.
- doorway Her sudden appearance in the doorway surprised us.
- admittance No admittance during the performance.
By length
- 4 letters
- door1, hall1, gate1, adit
- 5 letters
- mouth1, entry2, inlet2
- 6 letters
- access2, portal2, entree2, ingang
- 7 letters
- opening3, passage2, doorway2, ingress
- 8 letters
- approach2, entering3, incoming3, entryway3
- 9 letters
- beginning3, admission3
- 10 letters
- initiation5, admittance3
- 11 letters
- entranceway
- 12 letters
- introduction4, commencement3
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (entry2 = 2 syllables).