Synonyms for doorway
ˈdɔrˌweɪ, ˈdoʊr-door·way

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1. doorway

   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. We may effect or force an entrance, but not admittance or admission; those we gain, procure, obtain, secure, win. Admittance refers to place, admission refers also to position, privilege, favor, friendship, etc. An intruder may gain admittance to the hall of a society who would not be allowed admission to its membership. Approach is a movement toward another; access is coming all the way to his presence, recognition, and consideration. An unworthy favorite may prevent even those who gain admittance to a king's audience from obtaining any real access to the king. Entrance is also used figuratively for setting out upon some career, or becoming a member of some organization; as, we speak of one's entrance upon college life, or of entrance into the ministry.

   Synonyms:
   access, accession, adit, admission, admittance, approach, door, entrance, entrée, entry, gate, gateway, ingress, inlet, introduction, opening, penetration, portal

   Antonyms:
   departure, egress, ejection, exclusion, exit, expulsion, refusal, rejection, withdrawal

   Preposition:
   Entrance into a place; on or upon a work or course of action; into or upon office; into battle; by or through the door; within the gates; into or among the company.

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. doorway, door, room access, thresholdnoun

   the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close

   "he stuck his head in the doorway"

   Synonyms:
   verge, doorsill, brink, doorstep, limen, threshold, room access, door

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1. List of paraphrases for "doorway":

   door, entry, gate, porch

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1. Suu Kyi:

   I don't like going backwards, i like going forwards so I think rather than reintroducing old methods I think what would help greatly is if everybody seriously put their minds to doing whatever they can to encourage negotiations. That is the doorway to the future.

2. Freya Stark:

   On the whole, age comes more gently to those who have some doorway into an abstract world-art, or philosophy, or learning-regions where the years are scarcely noticed and the young and old can meet in a pale truthful light.

3. Audrey Hepburn:

   The beauty of a woman is not in the clothes she wears, the figure that she carries, or the way she combs her hair. The beauty of a woman is seen in her eyes, because that is the doorway to her heart, the place where love resides. True beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It's the caring that she lovingly gives, the passion that she shows & the beauty of a woman only grows with passing years.”

4. Daisaku Ikeda:

   You must not for one instant give up the effort to build new lives for yourselves. Creativity means to push open the heavy, groaning doorway to life. This is not an easy struggle. Indeed, it may be the most difficult task in the world, for opening the door to your own life is, in the end, more difficult than opening the doors to the mysteries of the universe.

5. Thenmozhi Soundararajan:

   It makes people feel uncomfortable, but discomfort can be a doorway to learning more about ourselves and having greater connection with each other.